Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Darryll Mitchell, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-03-05
Citations: 171 A.D.2d 403
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Darryll Mitchell, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 403–404

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Darryll Mitchell, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered August 15, 1989, convicting defendant after a jury trial of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him as a predicate felon to an indeterminate prison term of to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was convicted on evidence that police officers using binoculars, observed defendant selling crack on a publi street. Defendant asserts that is was improper for the tri court to admit evidence that defendant possessed money in h left pants pocket at the time of his arrest. Although this iss is not preserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05 [2]), it clear, in any event, that such evidence was relevant as corroborated the police officer's testimony that after a sr defendant placed money in his left pocket. (See, People Molineux, 168 NY 264, 293; cf., People v Jones, 62 AD2d 356.) Moreover, any potential prejudicial effect of the admission was limited by precluding testimony as to the amount of money recovered.
Testimony that defendant was arrested following receipt of a radioed description of the defendant, if violative of People v Trowbridge (305 NY 471, 474-477), was at most inferential bolstering, and certainly harmless in light of the strong evidence of defendant's identification. (See, People v Milburn, 19 NY2d 910, 911.)
We have considered defendant's other claims and find them to be meritless. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Milonas, Ellerin, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.