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PEOPLE v. REID

No. 102.

19 N.Y.3d 382 (2012)

971 N.E.2d 353

948 N.Y.S.2d 223

2012 NY Slip Op 4272

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. LAMARR REID, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. David Soares , District Attorney, Albany ( Steven M. Sharp of counsel), for appellant.

Bruce Evans Knoll , Albany, for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and JONES concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

This appeal raises the question whether a defendant can open the door to the admission of testimony that would otherwise be inadmissible under the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution. We hold that he can, and, in this case, he did.

On June 8, 2001, a man was shot dead at the door of an Albany apartment where...

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