The People v. Gregory Vining

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 1 The People &c., Respondent, v. Gregory Vining, Appellant. Margaret E. Knight, for appellant. Ross D. Mazer, for respondent. ABDUS-SALAAM, J.: The trial court did not abuse its discretion as a matter of law in admitting a phone call between defendant and his ex-girlfriend as an adoptive admission. Once the People satisfied the threshold evidentiary requirements for admissibility, the - 1 - - 2 - No. 1 call was properly placed…