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People v. Hesterbey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 30, 1987
134 A.D.2d 615 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

November 30, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Corriero, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the trial court failed to instruct the jury concerning the issue of identification is unpreserved for appellate review, as there was neither a request for such a charge nor objection to the court's failure to give one (see, CPL 470.05; People v. McCorkle, 119 A.D.2d 701). Review in the interest of justice is unwarranted in this case, where there was ample evidence of the defendant's guilt independent of the identification testimony (see, People v McCorkle, supra).

The prosecutor's comments were well within "`the four corners of the evidence'" (People v. Ashwal, 39 N.Y.2d 105, 109) and constituted a fair response to the defendant's summation (see, People v. Singleton, 121 A.D.2d 752, 753).

Finally, the defendant's contention that the complaining witness improperly bolstered her identification testimony at trial with testimony of the pretrial description she provided to the police is not preserved for appellate review. The defendant objected and the court sustained the objection. He did not seek additional instructions from the court; therefore, it may be deemed that the court cured the error to his satisfaction (People v. Irby, 112 A.D.2d 447). In any event, this point is without merit. Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Kunzeman and Harwood, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Hesterbey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 30, 1987
134 A.D.2d 615 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Hesterbey

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH HESTERBEY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 30, 1987

Citations

134 A.D.2d 615 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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