People v. Basbus
Opinion of the Court
The People’s medical expert did not state an opinion as to whether defendant acted with an intent to defraud insurers, and the fact that aspects of his testimony were related to the ultimate issue of innocence or guilt did not render that testimony inadmissible (see People v Hicks, 2 NY3d 750, 751 [2004]). The challenged portions of his testimony essentially stated that there was no legitimate medical explanation for defendant’s actions, and left it to the jury to determine whether defendant was guilty of the charged crimes (see People v Kanner, 272 AD2d 866, 867 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 867 [2000]).
We have considered and rejected defendant’s remaining arguments concerning the medical expert’s testimony, his challenges to background testimony by investigators, and all of his contentions concerning the court’s charge. Concur — Saxe, J.E, Friedman, Acosta, Renwick and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
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