· 12/2/1940
People v. Guardino
Citations
- 260 A.D. 1021
- 24 N.Y.S.2d 1010
- 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5900
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- prosecution may not elicit testimony with respect to prior crimes “merely to establish, that the defendant has a propensity to commit crimes so as to raise a presumption that he would be more apt to have committed the crime charged.”
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