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People v. Gillard

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 22, 2017
151 A.D.3d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

06-22-2017

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank GILLARD also known as Frank Gilliard, Defendant–Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jan Hoth of counsel), for appellant. Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Jordan K. Hummel of counsel), for respondent.


Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jan Hoth of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Jordan K. Hummel of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dominic R. Massaro, J.), rendered December 12, 2014, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of nine years, unanimously affirmed.

When, during a lengthy narrative of the events surrounding the robbery, the victim briefly mentioned evidence that had been suppressed, the court properly exercised its discretion (see People v. Ortiz, 54 N.Y.2d 288, 292, 445 N.Y.S.2d 116, 429 N.E.2d 794 [1981] ) in denying defendant's mistrial motion. The court sustained objections to this testimony, and defendant did not request a curative instruction or any relief short of a mistrial (see People v. Young, 48 N.Y.2d 995, 425 N.Y.S.2d 546, 401 N.E.2d 904 [1980] ). There is no indication that the prosecutor intentionally elicited the testimony, or acted in bad faith. Furthermore, the suppressed evidence was cumulative to closely related evidence that had not been suppressed.

SWEENY, J.P., MAZZARELLI, ANDRIAS, MOSKOWITZ, GISCHE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Gillard

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Jun 22, 2017
151 A.D.3d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
Case details for

People v. Gillard

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank GILLARD also…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Jun 22, 2017

Citations

151 A.D.3d 622 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)
151 A.D.3d 622

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