PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

9487, 4042/02.

175 A.D.3d 1130 (2019)

108 N.Y.S.3d 127

2019 NY Slip Op 06444

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steve Johnson, Appellant.

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

September 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina A. Swarns, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Katherine M.A. Pecore of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Rebecca Hausner of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels, Tom, Oing, JJ.


The evidentiary rulings challenged on appeal were provident exercises of discretion that did not deprive defendant of a fair trial. We reject defendant's constitutional claims regarding these rulings and related issues (see generally Crane v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 689-690 [1986]; Delaware v Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 678-679 [1986]).

First, the court properly permitted cross-examination...

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