Opinion
April 25, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.).
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
We find that the police officers' testimony indicating that the defendant ran to the stolen vehicle with a jacket underneath his arm was properly admitted to supply background information establishing the basis for the officers' chase of the defendant and to complete the narrative of events leading to the defendant's arrest (see, People v Waite, 183 A.D.2d 796; see also, People v Wells, 134 A.D.2d 545).
Error, if any, in the admission of a photograph was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (see, People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Altman and Friedmann, JJ., concur.