PEOPLE v. PATTERSON


59 N.Y.2d 794 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Maurice Patterson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart E. Sterk for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney (George H. Barber of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS.


Order affirmed for the reasons stated in the memorandum of the Appellate Division (88 A.D.2d 694), to which we add only that, in view of his ruling limiting use of the 1979 rape conviction, it cannot be said that, as in People v Williams (56 N.Y.2d 236), the Trial Judge failed to exercise...

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