People v. Barnes

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing a demonstration in which court officers portrayed the defendant and the victim for the limited purpose of illustrating their relative positions, according to the witness’ testimony, at the time of the shooting (see, People v Acevedo, 40 NY2d 701, 704; Uss v Town of Oyster Bay, 37 NY2d 639, 641). The prosecutor’s attempts to carry the demonstration further were curtailed by the court in response to defendant’s objections and appropriate limiting…