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People v. Jeffries

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 19, 2000
278 A.D.2d 431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued November 30, 2000.

December 19, 2000.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered July 27, 1998, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, petit larceny, and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Sonia Mikolic-Torreira of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Steven J. Chang of counsel), for respondent.

Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the prosecutor improperly used extrinsic documentary evidence to impeach his credibility on a collateral issue is not preserved for appellate review (see, People v. King, 146 A.D.2d 714; People v. Johnson, 144 A.D.2d 490). In any event, the contention is without merit, since the defendant opened the door when he testified on direct examination about the matters raised (see, People v. Chaitin, 61 N.Y.2d 683; People v. Marsh, 248 A.D.2d 743; People v. Gordon, 202 A.D.2d 166).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).


Summaries of

People v. Jeffries

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 19, 2000
278 A.D.2d 431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Jeffries

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. CHRISTOPHER JEFFRIES, APPELLANT. (IND…

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

Date published: Dec 19, 2000

Citations

278 A.D.2d 431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
718 N.Y.S.2d 606

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