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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1993
191 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

March 8, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, we find that the court properly denied his motion to preclude the testimony of an officer, who identified the defendant after he was arrested, on the ground that the People failed to give notice of this testimony pursuant to CPL 710.30 (1) (b). The officer's identification of the defendant was merely confirmatory in nature and, therefore, not within the scope of pretrial identifications necessitating CPL 710.30 notice (see, People v. Jackson, 167 A.D.2d 420, 420-421; People v. Duffy, 152 A.D.2d 704; see also, People v. Wharton, 177 A.D.2d 730; People v. Rolison, 141 Misc.2d 318).

Moreover, the admission of and various references to the officer's testimony regarding the defendant's alleged pointing of a gun at him during the pursuit, for which the defendant was not charged in the indictment, did not constitute reversible error. This evidence was integral in linking the defendant to the gun he had purportedly used during the robbery. The gun was subsequently found in a yard into which the officer had observed the defendant enter minutes before he was apprehended (see, People v Ventimiglia, 52 N.Y.2d 350, 361; People v. Vails, 43 N.Y.2d 364, 369). In addition, any potential prejudice that the defendant might have incurred from the admission of this testimony was minimized by the court's detailed instruction during its jury charge that this evidence was relevant to the defendant's consciousness of guilt. Rosenblatt, J.P., Lawrence, O'Brien and Copertino, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 1993
191 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GERALD WILLIAMS…

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

Date published: Mar 8, 1993

Citations

191 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
594 N.Y.S.2d 352

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