People v. Vargas

Roman, J.,

dissents, and votes to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum, in which Rivera, J.R, concurs: While I agree with the majority that the Supreme Court erred in admitting the subject witness’s grand jury testimony and by permitting him to testify that he was threatened prior to trial by a third party at the behest of the defendant’s accomplice, I find that the erroneous admission of this evidence constituted harmless error, as the other evidence of the defendant’s guilt was overwhelming, and there was no reasonable possibility that the errors contributed to the defendant’s…