Opinion
January 10, 1991
Appeal from the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.).
We find no error by County Court in its denial of defendant's motion for a mistrial after a witness testified regarding the circumstances of a prior arrest of defendant on another charge. The court immediately gave curative instructions which were sufficient to minimize any prejudice defendant may have suffered as a result of the testimony (see, People v Young, 48 N.Y.2d 995; People v Banks, 130 A.D.2d 498, lv denied 70 N.Y.2d 709). Accordingly, defendant's contention that a new trial is warranted is rejected.
Judgment affirmed. Mahoney, P.J., Casey, Weiss, Yesawich, Jr., and Levine, JJ., concur.