Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence a police detective's testimony that the defendant became a suspect after the detective spoke with nontestifying individuals who did not witness the crime. As this testimony was elicited not for the truth of the matter asserted, but to explain the sequence of events leading to the defendant's arrest, it did not violate the defendant's right to confront witnesses (see People...
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