PEOPLE v. HICKS


226 A.D.2d 189 (1996)

641 N.Y.S.2d 10

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kevin Hicks, Appellant

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

April 11, 1996


Although in describing the defense witnesses, but not the prosecution's witnesses, as "interested," the trial court's interested witness charge failed to achieve the appropriate balance (cf., People v Bowden, 198 A.D.2d 39), any error was harmless in light of the permissive nature of the charge, the repeated attacks on the bias of the prosecution's witnesses by defense counsel, and the overwhelming evidence, including medical...

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