PEOPLE v. OCASIO


47 N.Y.2d 55 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wilfredo Ocasio, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Thaler and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Carol Y. Kendrick and Billie Manning of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG.


FUCHSBERG, J.

Wilfredo Ocasio, whose conviction for burglary stands affirmed by the Appellate Division, posits his appeal to us entirely on a claim that his trial was unfair because the Trial Judge refused to preclude the prosecution from attacking the credibility of his only witness by confronting her with a 32-year-old conviction of manslaughter for the fatal stabbing of her mother.

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