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People v. Eastman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 4, 2002
299 A.D.2d 366 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

1997-03585

Argued October 7, 2002.

November 4, 2002.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barbaro, J.), rendered April 10, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, aggravated unlicensed driving of a motor vehicle in the first degree, and violation of Section 10-131(h) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (possession of a loaded rifle or shotgun) (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Andrew C. Fine, New York, N.Y. (Allen Fallek of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Florence M. Sullivan of counsel), for respondent.

Before: NANCY E. SMITH, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant waived any argument with respect to his claim that the trial court precluded impeachment of the complaining witness' testimony with a tape of a call to the police emergency telephone line when he withdrew his application to have the entire tape played for the jury (see e.g. People v. Gonzalez, 207 A.D.2d 734, 735).

The prosecutor's misconduct did not rise to the level of reversible error (see People v. Rodney, 156 A.D.2d 732, 733; compare People v. Galloway, 54 N.Y.2d 396 with People v. Alicea, 37 N.Y.2d 601).

SMITH, J.P., McGINITY, LUCIANO and CRANE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Eastman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 4, 2002
299 A.D.2d 366 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Eastman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. MELCHION EASTMAN, appellant

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

Date published: Nov 4, 2002

Citations

299 A.D.2d 366 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
749 N.Y.S.2d 171

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