PEOPLE v. BRANNON

2017-02467. Ind. No. 6559/15.

199 A.D.3d 826 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 273

2021 NY Slip Op 06184

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Keith Brannon, Appellant.

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

Decided November 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY ( Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.

Hinds-Radix, J.P., Duffy, Barros and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a new trial.

A trial court may "make an advance ruling as to the use by the prosecutor of prior convictions or proof of the prior commission of specific criminal, vicious or immoral acts for the purpose of impeaching a defendant's credibility" (People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371, 374 [1974]). "[A] balance must...

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