PEOPLE v. WOODS


149 A.D.2d 550 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Omar Woods, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 10, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court ruled that if the defendant were to testify on his own behalf, the prosecutor would be permitted to ask him whether he previously had been convicted of two felonies. However, the court precluded the prosecutor from cross-examining the defendant as to what those felonies were and the facts underlying the two previous convictions. Furthermore, the court ruled that the defendant's attorney would be permitted to elicit...

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