Opinion
No. 2008-00596.
September 29, 2009.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Adler, J.), rendered November 29, 2007, convicting him of burglary in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Arza Feldman, Uniondale, N.Y. (Steven A. Feldman of counsel), for appellant.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Hae Jin Liu, Richard Longworth Hecht, and Anthony J. Servino of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Skelos, Dillon and Covello, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the admission into evidence of a laboratory report containing DNA profile data prepared by a laboratory analyst who did not testify at trial did not violate his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation under Crawford v Washington ( 541 US 36), as the report did not constitute a testimonial statement ( see People v Rawlins, 10 NY3d 136, 159-160, cert denied sub nom Meekins v New York, 557 US ___, 129 S Ct 2856 [June 29, 2009]; cf. MelendezDiaz v Massachusetts, 557 US ___, 129 S Ct 2527 [June 25, 2009]).
In light of our determination, we need not reach the People's contentions.
I concur that the judgment of conviction should be affirmed. In my view, however, the Confrontation Clause issue is not presented for our review since the defendant waived that issue by objecting to the People's offer to call as a witness the laboratory analyst whose report had been admitted into evidence without her testimony. Having been offered, and declined, the opportunity to cross-examine the witness, the defendant cannot argue that his constitutional right to confront the witness was violated.