People v. Henry

OPINION OF THE COURT

Donald J. Mark, J.

The defendant in the first action was charged with murder, second degree, and assault, second degree. During the trial the *701People produced a witness who testified that while he and the defendant were together in a detention cell on unrelated charges, the defendant admitted to him that he participated in the two charged crimes. Later during the trial the prosecutor offered the testimony of a Deputy Sheriff to the effect that the witness and the defendant were in fact in the same detention cell at the time testified to by the witness. The defendant objected…