Case ID: ad2d_54/html/0744-03.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert White, Appellant.
   Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered April 10,1975, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. It was improper for the trial court to instruct the jury that a person mentioned during the testimony of a prosecution witness was "available” to the defense, since it implied that there was a duty on the defense to call such person as a witness. However, the error was not prejudicial or reversible (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 242). Hopkins, Acting P. J., Martuscello, Latham, Rabin and Hawkins, JJ., concur.