PEOPLE v. SCHWARTZMAN


24 N.Y.2d 241 (1969)

The People of the State New York, Respondent, v. Herbert S. Schwartzman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Sutter for appellant.

William Cahn, District Attorney (Henry P. De Vine of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN and BREITEL concur with Judge JASEN; Judge BURKE dissents and votes to reverse and order a new trial in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge FULD and Judge KEATING concur.


JASEN, J.

This appeal presents a question involving the nature and extent of permissible cross-examination of a criminal defendant concerning crimes which are not charged in the indictment.

Defendant was the president of Safety Circuit Corporation which appears to have been in financial difficulty in 1964. Roslyn Gladstone purchased an account receivable of the corporation from defendant on September...

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