Opinion
May 23, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Demakos, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court erred in allowing testimony, over the defendant's objection and in the absence of a limiting instruction, that the defendant's brother had given a prosecution witness money to leave the jurisdiction prior to the trial. Such testimony was unconnected to the defendant and had no bearing upon his culpability (see, People v. Brabham, 77 A.D.2d 626; People v Garcia, 76 A.D.2d 867). However, we find the error to be harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt.
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be unpreserved for appellate review, without merit, or, to the extent that there was any error, harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (see, People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230). Ritter, J.P., Copertino, Santucci and Hart, JJ., concur.