· 11/30/1995
People v. Till
Citations
- 661 N.E.2d 153
- 87 N.Y.2d 835
- 637 N.Y.S.2d 681
- 1995 N.Y. LEXIS 4434
How courts have described this case
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- “[S]uch evidence may be allowed when, as here, it bears on the motive and state of mind in relation to an avoidance of apprehension during immediate flight from a crime and is found to be ‘needed as background material’ or to ‘complete the narrative of the episode’ ”
- Evidence of uncharged crimes may be allowed when ... it bears on the motive and state of mind in relation to an avoidance of apprehension during immediate flight from a crime and is found to be “needed as background material” or to “complete the narrative of the episode[.]”
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Judges: Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa and Levine Concur Judges Smith and Ciparick Dissent and Vote to Affirm for the Reasons Stated in the Opinion by Justice Joseph P. Sullivan at the Appellate Division (201 Ad2d 43)
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