Legal Opinion

People v. Maisonave

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 24, 1992Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered April 3, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The jury had ample ground to convict based on the complainant’s strong and unequivocal identification testimony (see, People v Hawkins, 155 AD2d 617). Any error in admitting bolstering hearsay was harmless in view of the complainant’s strong identification (People v Jones, 170 AD2d 360, lv denied 77 NY2d 996).…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. HawkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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