People v. Branford

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia Williams, J.), rendered September 30, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

There is no merit to defendant’s claim that a mistrial should have been declared when a prosecution witness stated, in response to a defense question, that he had seen defendant’s parole papers. The comment was fleeting, and any prejudice was dispelled by the court’s sustaining of…