PEOPLE v. GILLIS


279 A.D.2d 260 (2001)

719 N.Y.S.2d 28

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DARRYL GILLIS, Appellant.

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

Decided January 4, 2001.


The court properly ruled that defendant opened the door to a previously precluded inquiry into whether he had ever struck the complainant prior to the charged incident. The pertinent portion of defendant's testimony on direct examination, taken in context, tended to convey to the jury that defendant's relationship with the complainant had been peaceable. In any event, the inquiry in question did not deprive defendant of...

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