Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edwin Mendoza, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-12-05
Citations: 35 A.D.3d 507
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edwin Mendoza, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 507–507

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edwin Mendoza, Appellant.
[826 NYS2d 146]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mangano, Jr., J.), rendered November 30, 2004, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the police officer's testimony that he conducted a "witness identification" and arrested the defendant after asking the complainant if "that was him" did not constitute impermissible bolstering of the complainant's identification testimony because it was offered for the relevant purpose of establishing the reasons behind the officer's actions and explaining the events which precipitated the defendant's arrest (see People v Smalls, 293 AD2d 500, 501 [2002]; People v Morgan, 193 AD2d 467 [1993]).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Schmidt, J.E, Mastro, Fisher and Dillon, JJ., concur.