PEOPLE v. WALLACE


298 A.D.2d 130 (2002)

747 N.Y.S.2d 759

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HOWARD WALLACE, Appellant.

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

Decided October 3, 2002.


The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting testimony that defendant confessed to a considerably larger number of robberies than the number of robberies upon which he was brought to trial. Given the issues raised at trial, this testimony was necessary to establish the context of defendant's confessions to the charged crimes, particularly since it was not entirely clear which of the many similar robberies to which defendant confessed corresponded to the robberies...

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