PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


61 N.Y.2d 932 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Lee Johnson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender (Brian Shiffrin of counsel), for appellant.

Howard R. Relin, District Attorney (Kenneth R. Fisher of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

None of the errors urged by defendant warrants reversal of his conviction. It was not an abuse of discretion by the trial court to exclude testimony offered by defendant to establish possible motive on the part of a prosecution witness and her boyfriend to have committed the crime with which defendant was...

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