PEOPLE v. WELLS


51 A.D.3d 403 (2008)

857 N.Y.S.2d 115

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BOB WELLS, Appellant.

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

Decided May 1, 2008.


The court's Sandoval ruling permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine defendant about a prior bad act balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (People v Hayes, 97 N.Y.2d 203 [2002]). There was a good faith basis for the prosecutor's inquiry (see People v Alamo, 23 N.Y.2d 630, 633-635 [1969], cert denied 396 U.S. 879 [1969]). The alleged bad...

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