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People v. Rhone

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 23, 1985
115 A.D.2d 669 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

December 23, 1985

Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Marasco, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant argues that the testimony of two police officers at his trial impermissibly bolstered the identification testimony of the complaining witness. However, the record clearly indicates that the officers did not testify that the complaining witness made an out-of-court identification. One officer from the White Plains Police Department testified that he had a conversation with the complaining witness, and as a result of that conversation, he received a description and arrested defendant. Nowhere in the officer's testimony is there a statement that the complainant identified the defendant as a perpetrator of the robbery. Similarly, the other officer, from the Greenburgh Police Department, testified that defendant was brought to the police station, and that the complainant gave a statement to another detective. Nowhere in his testimony is there a statement that the complainant identified the defendant as a perpetrator of the robbery (see, People v Brown, 115 A.D.2d 485). Therefore, defendant's claims of bolstering are without merit. Mollen, P.J., Thompson, Niehoff and Eiber, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Rhone

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 23, 1985
115 A.D.2d 669 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Rhone

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JERRY RHONE, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 23, 1985

Citations

115 A.D.2d 669 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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