People v. Jones

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RALPH JONES, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 16, 1996

223 A.D.2d 387 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

637 N.Y.S.2d 4

Opinion

January 16, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.).

Defendant's claim that it was improper for the court to permit him to be impeached by his prior statements without ruling on their voluntariness is without merit, since there is neither claim nor evidence of coercion ( People v Nieves, 199 A.D.2d 97, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 856).

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Kupferman, Ross and Williams, JJ.