People v. Branham

*273Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered June 8, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in precluding defendant from introducing a prosecution witness’s testimony about an alleged declaration against penal interest made by a codefendant (see People v Settles, 46 NY2d 154, 167-170 [1978]). In this felony murder case, the People’s evidence established that defendant personally committed the homicidal act while…