PEOPLE v. CHILDS


8 A.D.3d 116 (2004)

778 N.Y.S.2d 272

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KIRK CHILDS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 15, 2004.


The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting evidence concerning defendant's outstanding Maryland warrant. Since police credibility was the central issue in the case, this background material was necessary to complete the narrative of events leading to defendant's arrest and to explain the actions of the police (see People v Till, 87 N.Y.2d 835 [1995]; see also People v Rojas, 97 N.Y.2d 32

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