People v. Godley

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rose L. Rubin, J.), rendered October 5, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

During this trial for possession of a weapon, defendant, who took the stand in his own defense, sought to testify as to his understanding why he had been denied parole. When the prosecutor objected on hearsay grounds, a bench conference was held, at which it was resolved that the…