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- Title: People State New York v. George Brown
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 13, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The defendant contends that the Trial Judge did not apply the proper criteria with respect to the prosecutors right to cross-examine the defendant concerning his prior criminal record (People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371). Specifically, he claims that the courts use of the phrase "readiness to do it again" indicates that the court was applying a propensity standard as a factor in its considerations. However, reading the courts remarks as a whole reveals that the proper balancing test was employed, and that the readiness spoken of was not readiness to commit the same crime, but readiness to place his self-interest above that of society, for the purpose of challenging his credibility.
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