PEOPLE v. LOPEZ-MENDOZA

4493, 6401/09.

155 A.D.3d 526 (2017)

65 N.Y.S.3d 519

2017 NY Slip Op 08301

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAIME LOPEZ-MENDOZA, Appellant.

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

Decided November 28, 2017.


Assuming without deciding that the introduction of DNA reports and related expert testimony violated defendant's right of confrontation, the admission of the testimony and reports was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Douglas, 4 N.Y.3d 777, 779 [2005]; People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230, 240-241 [1975]). The DNA evidence established only that defendant had subjected the complainant...

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