New York Supreme Court July 7, 1986 (People v. Jonah P.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eve Preminger, J.

A court will not ordinarily permit a defendant to introduce *536evidence of a third party’s good character in the hope of impressing the jury with the virtue of his own. Defendant, accused of robbing and assaulting a police officer, nevertheless seeks to adduce evidence of the good reputation of his deceased brother, shot and killed by the same policeman.