People v. Branch
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- People v. Mitchell (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2009)
- People v. Valencia (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2008)
- In re Jaleel H. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2007)
- People v. Butcher (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2004)
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Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered May 16, 2001, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree (three counts), robbery in the second degree, robbery in the third degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contentions that a detective’s testimony regarding his lineup identification by one of the victims, as well as the testimony of another detective regarding a surveillance videotape identification of the defendant by a different victim, was improperly admitted because the People failed to establish the foundation required by CPL 60.25, are not preserved for appellate review (see People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10, 19-20 [1995]; People v Walters, 299 AD2d 377 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 621 [2003]; People v George, 292 AD2d 464, 465 [2002]; People v Jenkins, 205 AD2d 642, 643 [1994]). In any event, the testimony of the 88-year-old victim, who had viewed the lineup some 27 months before the trial, sufficiently satisfied the requirements of CPL 60.25 (see People v Quevas, 81 NY2d 41 [1993]; People v Hernandez, 154 AD2d 197 [1990]). Any error with respect to the admission of the detective’s testimony of the surveillance videotape identification of the defendant by another victim (see People v Patterson, 93 NY2d 80 [1999]) was harmless in view of the overwhelming evidence of guilt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]; People v Jenkins, supra). Santucci, J.P., Florio, Schmidt and Adams, JJ., concur.
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