People v. Carter

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Meehan, J.), rendered December 14, 1983, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

While the trial court should not have admitted certain photographs of the deceased because they had inflammatory potential and were unnecessary to the material issues in the case (see, People v Pobliner, 32 NY2d 356, rearg denied 33 NY2d 657, cert denied 416 US 905; People v Bell, 63 NY2d 796), their admission did not deprive the defendant of a fair…