People v. Jenkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The County Court did not err in allowing the People to elicit testimony from police officers that a warrant existed for the defendant’s arrest for a serious felony and that the officers had reason to believe he might be in possession of a weapon. This limited testimony, which did not describe the nature of the uncharged felony, and was coupled with proper limiting instructions, was necessary to provide background information establishing the basis for the officers’ actions, and was more probative than prejudicial (see People v Tosca, 98 NY2d 660 *781[2002]; People v Monzon, 289 AD2d 595 [2001];…
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