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People v. Burns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 12, 1996
230 A.D.2d 806 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

August 12, 1996


Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered January 6, 1995, convicting her of assault in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that reversible error was committed as a result of the court's pretrial Sandoval ruling ( see, People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371). However, even assuming that the court's ruling was improvident or erroneous ( cf., People v Brailsford, 106 A.D.2d 648), in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, any alleged error was harmless ( see, People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230; People v Ruiz, 205 A.D.2d 647). Bracken, J.P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Burns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 12, 1996
230 A.D.2d 806 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Burns

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TAQUANA BURNS…

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

Date published: Aug 12, 1996

Citations

230 A.D.2d 806 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
646 N.Y.S.2d 621