New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Juan Vasquez, Appellant; the People of the State of New York…
July 2, 199688 N.Y.2d 561
Summary
The Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions in People v. Vasquez and People v. Dalton, holding that the 911 call tapes were not admissible as present sense impressions or excited utterances because they lacked contemporaneity and sufficient corroboration. The Court also modified the sentencing order in People v. Adkinson, directing that counts 5, 6, and 11 run concurrently rather than consecutively.