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People v. Scarola

Citations

  • 71 N.Y.2d 769
  • 525 N.E.2d 728
  • 530 N.Y.S.2d 83
  • 1988 N.Y. LEXIS 1134

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “voice exemplar evi dence offered by ... defendants was broadly relevant, and the trial courts could have exercised their discretion to admit it without permitting substantive cross-examination”
  • New York's test for relevance is whether evidence has any tendency in reason to prove existence of material fact
  • test of admissibility of voice exemplar is “whether it is relevant and reliable”
  • test of admissibility of voice exemplar is \whether it is relevant and reliable\
  • applying the same rules of relevancy to exemplar evidence

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Judges: Simons

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