Opinion · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
People v. Brown
People v. Brown, 266 A.D.2d 863 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York 1999)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Date
- 1999-11-12
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- defendant’s possession of a silver .380-caliber handgun four days before the charged crime was properly admitted in view of evidence that one of the participants in the crime carried a silver .380-caliber handgun
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—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly permitted a police investigator to testify that defendant possessed a silver .380 caliber handgun four days before the attempted robbery and murder. In view of the evidence that one of the participants in the crime carried a silver .380 caliber handgun, that testimony was admissible to establish defendant’s identity (see, People v Jackson, 237 AD2d 620, lv denied 90 NY2d 894; People v Sheriff, 234 AD2d 894, lv denied 90 NY2d 910; People v Chamberlain, 96 AD2d 959, 960). The sentence is neither unduly harsh nor severe. (Appeal from