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People v. Chaitin

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 10, 1984
61 N.Y.2d 683 (N.Y. 1984)

Opinion

Argued December 12, 1983

Decided January 10, 1984

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, HARRY J. DONNELLY, J.

J. Irwin Shapiro and Daniel M. Kolko for appellant.

Edward J. Kuriansky, Deputy Attorney-General ( Arthur G. Weinstein, David E. Ruck and Robert Dublirer of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The argument, first advanced in our court, that under the language of the indictment and the instructions of the trial court the jury was required to find that the actual filing of the false invoices occurred in Kings County but that there is no evidence in the record to support any such finding, was not preserved for our review, there having been no motion to dismiss in the trial court based on this ground (cf. People v Cona, 49 N.Y.2d 26, 33, n 2).

Nor did the trial court commit error in permitting cross-examination with respect to defendant's prior suspension as a Medicaid provider. The door was opened on defendant's direct examination in consequence of which an issue which would otherwise have been collateral was made material (cf. Halloran v Virginia Chems., 41 N.Y.2d 386, 393), several objections to questions on cross-examination were sustained, curative instructions were given in one instance, the stipulation signed by defendant was admissible as an admission, no objection to the reading of its caption was raised on the ground of prejudice. In sum, to the extent cross-examination was permitted over pertinent protest registered by defense counsel, it was not error. Nor was it error to deny defense counsel's several motions for a mistrial.

We have examined defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, SIMONS and KAYE concur; Judge MEYER taking no part.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Chaitin

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 10, 1984
61 N.Y.2d 683 (N.Y. 1984)
Case details for

People v. Chaitin

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HORACE CHAITIN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 10, 1984

Citations

61 N.Y.2d 683 (N.Y. 1984)
472 N.Y.S.2d 597
460 N.E.2d 1082

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