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People v. Conyers

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 20, 1980
49 N.Y.2d 861 (N.Y. 1980)

Opinion

Submitted February 19, 1980

Decided March 20, 1980


Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Whether cross-examination of a criminal defendant, for impeachment purposes, concerning his silence at the time of arrest, is violative of defendant's Federal constitutional rights. The Court of Appeals considered this question and concluded that such questioning does violate defendant's Federal constitutional rights.


Summaries of

People v. Conyers

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 20, 1980
49 N.Y.2d 861 (N.Y. 1980)
Case details for

People v. Conyers

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. THOMAS CONYERS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 20, 1980

Citations

49 N.Y.2d 861 (N.Y. 1980)

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