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People v. Jeff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1986
125 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

December 1, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his present claim that the testimony of Detective Sanchez as to the circumstances surrounding the defendant's arrest constituted improper bolstering of the complainant's identification testimony (see, People v. Love, 57 N.Y.2d 1023).

The defendant's further contention that this claimed improper bolstering was aggravated by Sanchez's testimony that he "pulled the case from the file" when the defendant was brought to the station house on the date of the lineup, is without merit. The court promptly cut off Sanchez's testimony before he in any way connected the contents of the case file to the defendant. Moreover, the court's swift interruption of this testimony prevented any possible improper bolstering of the complainant's identification testimony or other undue prejudice to the defendant.

Finally, the defendant's sentence is not excessive and appellate modification is unwarranted (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Rubin and Spatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Jeff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 1, 1986
125 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Jeff

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OVIDIO JEFF, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 1, 1986

Citations

125 A.D.2d 333 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)