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People v. Aviles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 8, 1996
224 A.D.2d 252 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

February 8, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Arlene Silverman, J.).


The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Any claimed inconsistencies in the victim's testimony were properly before the jury, as was the alibi testimony, and we find no reason to disturb its determination.

Defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that the court should have allowed him to introduce into evidence a DD5 report under the business record exception to the hearsay rule. Defendant made no offer of proof on the record, and abandoned his effort to introduce the DD5 following an unrecorded bench conference. Nor was the claim preserved by raising it at sentencing ( see, People v. Padro, 75 N.Y.2d 820). In any event, if we were to review the claim in the interest of justice, we would find it to be without merit since the information contained in the DD5 did not come from someone who had a business duty to report it ( see, People v. Fisher, 201 A.D.2d 193, 198, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 935), and if the DD5 is viewed as a prior inconsistent statement, defendant never confronted the complainant during his testimony with the alleged inconsistency ( see, People v. Wise, 46 N.Y.2d 321, 326).

We have considered defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Milonas, J.P., Ellerin, Wallach, Kupferman and Williams, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Aviles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 8, 1996
224 A.D.2d 252 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Aviles

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR AVILES…

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

Date published: Feb 8, 1996

Citations

224 A.D.2d 252 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
638 N.Y.S.2d 298