PEOPLE v. FRUMUSA

No. 65.

29 N.Y.3d 364 (2017)

79 N.E.3d 495

57 N.Y.S.3d 103

2017 NY Slip Op 04495

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE P. FRUMUSA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. Donaher , Public Defender, Rochester ( Drew R. DuBrin of counsel), for appellant.

Sandra Doorley , District Attorney, Rochester ( Kelly C. Wolford and Robert J. Shoemaker of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, GARCIA and WILSON concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

For over one hundred years, this Court has applied and refined its holding in People v Molineux (168 N.Y. 264 [1901]). Here, we are presented with a more fundamental question concerning how to identify such propensity evidence in the first instance. We are asked to determine whether the trial court...

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