People v. Johnson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered February 19, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 6 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Evidence that the arresting officer "knew” defendant was properly admitted since defendant vigorously challenged the identification made by the officer (cf., People v Hendricks, 205 AD2d 333, Iv denied 84 NY2d 826), and the trial court’s prompt instruction to the jury to disregard the officer’s…