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PEOPLE v. ALMONOR

93 N.Y.2d 571 (1999)

715 N.E.2d 1054

693 N.Y.S.2d 861

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MAX ALMONOR, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTHONY PITTS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure, New York City, and Lynn W. L. Fahey for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Monique Ferrell, Roseann B. MacKechnie and Jane Meyers of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, L. L. P., Buffalo (Vincent A. Tobia, Roger W. Wilcox, Jr., and Shannon M. Heneghan of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Frank J. Clark, District Attorney of Erie County, Buffalo (Paul J. Williams, III, and J. Michael Marion of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur; Judge LEVINE taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENBLATT, J.

In the two cases before us, defendants appeal from separate orders affirming two unrelated judgments of conviction. Both turn on the introduction of psychiatric evidence in the defense of a criminal case. We hold that the trial court in each case acted within its discretion in precluding the defendant from introducing a portion of his psychiatric evidence. Accordingly, we affirm the orders of the Appellate Division in...

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