New York Court of Appeals, 1970

People v. Blake

People v. Blake
New York Court of Appeals · Decided June 4, 1970
27 N.Y.2d 615; 261 N.E.2d 415; 313 N.Y.S.2d 419; 1970 N.Y. LEXIS 1239

People v. Blake

Opinion of the Court

Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein, there was presented and necessarily passed upon the following question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Whether the rights of defendant, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, were adversely affected by allowing evidence of a prior improper conviction of the defendant. The Court of Appeals considered this contention, and held that there was no violation of defendant’s constitutional rights. [See 26 N Y 2d 954.]

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