''People v. Sandoval'' is a 1974 opinion by the
Court of Appeals of the State of New York
The New York Court of Appeals is the supreme court, highest court in the Judiciary of New York (state), Unified Court System of the New York (state), State of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge of the New Yor ...
that "trial court must balance the 'probative worth of evidence of prior specific criminal, vicious or immoral acts on the issue of the defendant's credibility on the one hand, and on the other the risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant'". (Court citations: People v. Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371, 357 N.Y.S.2d 849, 314 N.E.2d 413 (N.Y. 1974)).
Sandoval pre-trial hearings (the procedure is unique to New York state) allow the accused to make an informed decision as to whether to testify given that it sets the scope of
cross-examination. A presumably probative result of a Sandoval hearing has been termed "a Sandoval".
References
External links
People vs. Sandovalat nycourts.gov
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