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People v. Goins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 27, 1996
231 A.D.2d 860 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

September 27 1996.

Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Before: Present — Denman, P.J., Green, Callahan, Doerr and Davis, JJ.


We reject the argument of defendant that Supreme Court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial after the prosecutor utilized a police report prepared in connection with a subsequent uncharged crime during redirect examination of the undercover officer. The fact that the report was prepared in connection with an uncharged crime was never revealed to the jury, and the record does not support the argument of defendant that his ability to cross-examine the undercover officer was impaired.

Defendant further argues that the court erred by failing to instruct the jury that it could not consider the guilty plea of the codefendant as evidence of defendant's guilt. By failing to request that instruction or object to the charge as given, defendant failed to preserve that argument for our review, and we decline to exercise our power to reach it as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see, CPL 470.15 [a]; People v Johnson, 177 AD2d 1020; People v Brown, 109 AD2d 1091, affd 66 NY2d 997). Finally, we have considered the arguments raised by defendant in his pro se supplemental brief and conclude that they are without merit. (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Mark, J. — Criminal Possession Controlled Substance, 3rd Degree.)


Summaries of

People v. Goins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 27, 1996
231 A.D.2d 860 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Goins

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIE GOINS, JR.…

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

Date published: Sep 27, 1996

Citations

231 A.D.2d 860 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
648 N.Y.S.2d 192

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