PEOPLE v. SMITH


300 A.D.2d 603 (2002)

752 N.Y.S.2d 545

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DOUGLAS SMITH, Appellant.

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

Decided December 23, 2002.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant's contention that he was denied his rights to present a defense, to confrontation, and to effective cross-examination by the trial court's ruling precluding the defense counsel from cross-examining the detectives regarding their method of obtaining a statement from another witness. Although proof tending to establish that a defendant's admissions were fabricated or involuntarily obtained is...

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