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People v. Douglas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 28, 2001
284 A.D.2d 277 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

June 28, 2001.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), rendered October 20, 1999, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Adam L. Goldman, for respondent.

Todd A. Landau, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Rosenberger, J.P., Andrias, Lerner, Saxe, Friedman, JJ.


Evidence of defendant's prior gun-related crime was properly admitted in that it was relevant to negate various aspects of his defense (see,People v. Roe, 74 N.Y.2d 20, 25, n5; People v. Henson, 33 N.Y.2d 63, 72). Any prejudicial effect was minimized because the court sitting as trier of fact is presumed capable of disregarding prejudicial aspects of the evidence (see, People v. Molloy, A.D.2d , 723 N.Y.S.2d 363).

Defendant's challenge to the People's summation is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the remarks in question were fair comment on the evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom and were responsive to the defense summation (see, People v. Overlee, 236 A.D.2d 133, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 976; People v. D'Alessandro, 184 A.D.2d 114, 118-119, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 884).

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


Summaries of

People v. Douglas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 28, 2001
284 A.D.2d 277 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Douglas

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THOMAS DOUGLAS, ETC.…

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

Date published: Jun 28, 2001

Citations

284 A.D.2d 277 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
726 N.Y.S.2d 851

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