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People v. Little

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 15, 1981
431 N.E.2d 966 (N.Y. 1981)

Opinion

Argued November 16, 1981

Decided December 15, 1981

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, JACK ROSENBERG, J.

Shirley Werner and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Peter D. Coddington and Alan D. Marrus of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Objection to the question whether the witness had been previously arrested was properly sustained (Richardson, Evidence [10th ed — Prince], § 506; Fisch, New York Law of Evidence [2d ed], § 458). So far as defense counsel sought to question about a charge adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, he did no more than ask for time to find out what the final disposition of the charge was and never followed up on it. Thus, the issue was not preserved for our consideration.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Little

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 15, 1981
431 N.E.2d 966 (N.Y. 1981)
Case details for

People v. Little

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THOMAS LITTLE…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 15, 1981

Citations

431 N.E.2d 966 (N.Y. 1981)
431 N.E.2d 966
447 N.Y.S.2d 241

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