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People v. Washington

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 2006
26 A.D.3d 222 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

7834.

February 14, 2006.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert H. Straus, J.), rendered February 26, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal trespass in the second degree, criminal contempt in the second degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of one year, unanimously affirmed.

Laura R. Johnson, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Joanne Legano Ross of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Timothy M. Russo of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Saxe, Nardelli and McGuire, JJ., Concur.


The court properly admitted evidence that one of the victims felt "scared," since that testimony completed the narrative and was not unduly prejudicial. Since defendant did not request any further relief after his objections were sustained with curative instructions, his remaining challenges to allegedly irrelevant and inflammatory evidence are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the court's instructions, which the jury is presumed to have followed ( see People v. Davis, 58 NY2d 1102), were sufficient to prevent any undue prejudice. In any event, defendant was acquitted of burglary and endangering the welfare of a child, the only charges he contested at trial.


Summaries of

People v. Washington

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 14, 2006
26 A.D.3d 222 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

People v. Washington

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES WASHINGTON…

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

Date published: Feb 14, 2006

Citations

26 A.D.3d 222 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 1123
811 N.Y.S.2d 17

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