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People v. Adams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 12, 2002
300 A.D.2d 92 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

2554

December 12, 2002.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered July 3, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and criminally using drug paraphernalia, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Seth Davis, for respondent.

Robert S. Dean, for defendant-appellant.

Before: WILLIAMS, P.J., NARDELLI, MAZZARELLI, BUCKLEY, GONZALEZ, JJ.


The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting a portion of defendant's post-arrest statement into evidence despite his objection as to its relevance. The relevance of the challenged evidence to the credibility of defendant, who testified at trial, outweighed the minimal potential for prejudice (see People v. Scarola, 71 N.Y.2d 769, 777).

The court also properly exercised its discretion by denying defendant's request for an adverse inference charge with regard to the erasure of a videotape which showed defendant on a subway platform for less than two seconds, acting lawfully. The tape had little or no value to the defense, there was no bad faith on the part of the People, and defense counsel was fully able to pursue the matter on cross examination and in summation (see People v. Kelly, 62 N.Y.2d 516).

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Adams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 12, 2002
300 A.D.2d 92 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Adams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DUPREE ADAMS, ETC.…

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

Date published: Dec 12, 2002

Citations

300 A.D.2d 92 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
751 N.Y.S.2d 470

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