New York Court of Appeals· 3/27/1997
People v. Robinson
Citations
- 679 N.E.2d 1055
- 89 N.Y.2d 648
- 657 N.Y.S.2d 575
- 1997 N.Y. LEXIS 319
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that, although not authorized by statute, defendant’s “constitutional right to due process” requires admission of grand jury testimony where declarant is unavailable and hearsay testimony at issue “is material, exculpatory and has sufficient indicia of reliability”
- allowing defendant, on constitutional principles, to introduce grand jury testimony of unavail able witness, even though such testimony did not fall within recognized hearsay exception
- allowing defendant, on constitutional principles of due process, to introduce grand jury testimony of unavailable witness, even though such testimony did not fall within recognized hearsay exception
- Hearsay admissible where the evidence bears sufficient indicia of reliability and the declarant is deceased.
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74 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
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- People v. AdessaNew York Court of Appeals· 1997-03-27· cited 51×
- People v. BurnsNew York Court of Appeals· 2006-02-14· cited 35×
- People v. ColemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-06-13· cited 30×
- People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-02-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-10-01· cited 24×
- Kevin Rice v. Terry McCann Warden, Centralia Correctional CenterSeventh Circuit· 2003-09-30· cited 23×
- People v. DiazNew York Court of Appeals· 2001-11-20· cited 22×
- People v. PierreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-06-21· cited 19×
- Morales v. PortuondoS.D. New York· 2001-07-24· cited 17×
- People v. BurnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-05-31· cited 17×
- Espinal v. BennettE.D. New York· 2008-12-05· cited 16×
- People v. CombestNew York Court of Appeals· 2005-02-22· cited 16×
- Garcia v. PortuondoS.D. New York· 2006-12-21· cited 13×
- People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-08-21· cited 13×
- People v. BosierNew York Court of Appeals· 2006-04-04· cited 12×
- People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-11-09· cited 12×
- People v. FlemingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-07-05· cited 11×
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,395×
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 2,166×
- People v. HustonNew York Court of Appeals· 1996-06-13· cited 556×
- People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-21· cited 455×
- People v. GeraciNew York Court of Appeals· 1995-03-28· cited 220×
- People v. LancasterNew York Court of Appeals· 1986-12-18· cited 186×
- People v. ArroyoNew York Court of Appeals· 1982-01-19· cited 126×
- People v. AyalaNew York Court of Appeals· 1990-02-13· cited 91×
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals· 1981-07-07· cited 79×
- People v. EastmanNew York Court of Appeals· 1995-02-21· cited 75×
- People v. HardingNew York Court of Appeals· 1975-06-09· cited 35×
- People v. GreenNew York Court of Appeals· 1991-10-15· cited 18×
- People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1996-02-02· cited 1×
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