PEOPLE v. WHITE


73 N.Y.2d 468 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Calvin White, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Atlas, Philip L. Weinstein and Andrea Hirsch for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Phyllis A. Monroe, Paul Harnisch and Catherine M. Cook of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


SIMONS, J.

Defendant has been convicted after trial of robbery in the first and second degrees. An earlier prosecution of the charges ended in a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree and this circumstance gives rise to two issues presented on the appeal. First, defendant contends that his conviction must be reversed and a new trial ordered because the People elicited testimony from the victim that he had...

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