People v. Capers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Berkowitz, J.), rendered January 26, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, we find that the brief reference to an uncharged crime elicited by defense counsel on cross-examination of the complainant’s mother neither warranted the declaration of a mistrial as requested by the defendant nor requires reversal of his…
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