People v. DeGina

*538The trial court did not err in refusing to permit the defendant to offer into evidence a statement made by his codefendant, as that portion of the statement which tended to exculpate the defendant was not adverse to his codefendant’s penal interest (see, People v Brensic, 70 NY2d 9, mot to amend remittitur granted 70 NY2d 722, appeal after remand 136 AD2d 169; People v Thompson, 129 AD2d 655). The trial court also did not err in permitting the officer who arrested the defendant two months after the crimes were committed to testify that when the defendant saw him he ran and hid, as the…