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People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 6, 2001
289 A.D.2d 47 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

5528

December 6, 2001.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Tejada, J.), rendered February 17, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and dismissing that count of the indictment, and otherwise affirmed.

Before: Rosenberger, J.P., Mazzarelli, Ellerin, Wallach, Marlow, JJ.


Given the cross-examination by defense counsel and co-counsel, which clearly raised specific claims of recent fabrication, the court properly admitted various reports prepared by the undercover detective as prior consistent statements to rebut such claims (see, People v. McDaniel, 81 N.Y.2d 10, 18; People v. Cortijo, 254 A.D.2d 125, 126, lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 1030). The reports predated particular motives to falsify that were asserted by the defense, and there was no requirement that the reports predate all possible motives to falsify (see, People v. McClean, 69 N.Y.2d 426, 430; People v. Baker, 23 N.Y.2d 307, 322-323; People v. Kanani, 272 A.D.2d 186, lv denied 95 N.Y.2d 935).

The court properly exercised its discretion in imposing reasonable limits on defendant's cross-examination of police witnesses. Defendant received sufficient latitude to impeach the officers' credibility with regard to the matters upon which he sought further inquiry. Accordingly, there was no impairment of defendant's right to confront witnesses and present a defense (see, Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 678-679).

The court's responses to notes from the deliberating jury were meaningful and did not deprive defendant of a fair trial (see, People v. Almodovar, 62 N.Y.2d 126).

The conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is vacated in the interest of justice as a non-inclusory concurrent count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds (People v. Ross, 289 A.D.2d 233 726 N.Y.S.2d 553).

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


Summaries of

People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 6, 2001
289 A.D.2d 47 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Jones

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, DAVID J. MUDD v. KASHION…

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

Date published: Dec 6, 2001

Citations

289 A.D.2d 47 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
734 N.Y.S.2d 125

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