PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

No. 201

26 N.Y.3d 430 (2015)

44 N.E.3d 924

2015 NY Slip Op 09233

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. Luis ORTIZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Anant Kumar and Joseph M. Nursery of counsel), and Jones Day, New York City ( Jordan Cerruti of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Catherine M. Reno , Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Stanley P. Kaplan of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges RIVERA, STEIN and FAHEY concur; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This case presents two issues for our review. The first is whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars the People from introducing, at defendant's second trial, evidence that defendant threatened the victim of a burglary with a razor blade when the jury...

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