People v. Wongshing

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Bookson, J.), rendered January 10, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 18 years to life, 8 years to life, and 8 years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly permitted the arresting officer to testify about a witness’s excited utterance (see, People v Caviness, 38 NY2d 227), because the witness was clearly under the stress of…