People v. Clanton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The prosecutor improperly elicited testimony from the arresting officers which bolstered the complainants’ testimony by providing official confirmation of their identifications of the defendant (see People v Trowbridge, 305 NY 471 [1953]; People v German, 45 AD3d 861, 862 [2007]; People v Ambrose, 147 AD2d 577 [1989]). However, the admission of the bolstering testimony was harmless because the evidence of the defendant’s guilt, without reference to the error, was overwhelming and there was no significant probability that, but for the error, the jury would have acquitted the defendant (see…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. TrowbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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