People v. Watkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen Crane, J.), rendered October 30, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s claim of bolstering in violation of People v Trowbridge (305 NY 471) was not preserved as a matter of law by his general objection (People v Love, 57 NY2d 1023, 1025), and, in any event, is without merit, the court’s prompt curative instructions having eliminated any prejudice (see, People v Tarabania, 72 NY2d 852;…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. TrowbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. TardbaniaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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