People v. Elliott

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered June 22, 1990, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Any error in the admission of the out-of-court statement by the defendant’s girlfriend to the effect that she admired the victim’s earrings and that she was going to get a pair, which was introduced to show a possible motive of the defendant in robbing the victim, was harmless in light of the…