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People v. Walden

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 10, 1989
148 A.D.2d 971 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

March 10, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Monroe County, Mark, J.

Present — Dillon, P.J., Denman, Green, Pine and Balio, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We have examined defendant's contentions on appeal and find them to be without merit. The court did not allow improper opinion testimony. The witness merely explained the circumstances of defendant's second statement to police. In any event, the testimony, if erroneously admitted, was harmless (see, People v. Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230). Moreover, defendant was not entitled to a directive limiting the prosecutor's cross-examination of him at the suppression hearing (see, People v. Kennedy, 70 A.D.2d 181; People v. Blackwell, 128 Misc.2d 599). Finally, the sentencing court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant to concurrent terms of 25 years to life on three counts of murder in the second degree.


Summaries of

People v. Walden

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 10, 1989
148 A.D.2d 971 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Walden

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BRUCE WALDEN, Appellant

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

Date published: Mar 10, 1989

Citations

148 A.D.2d 971 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
539 N.Y.S.2d 207