Legal Opinion

People v. Spears

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

Decided December 28, 1992PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Savarese, J.), rendered December 7, 1989, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

*670The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the testimony of the police witnesses bolstered the complainant’s identification testimony in violation of People v Trowbridge (305 NY 471). Since the defense counsel did not object to the challenged testimony, the claimed error is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. TrowbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
  2. People v. McGillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. FosterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. People v. McCalmonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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