Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Juan Rivera, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-10-01
Citations: 298 A.D.2d 102
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rivera, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 298
Pages: 102–103

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Rivera, Appellant.
[747 NYS2d 371]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Michael Gross, J.), rendered July 17, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 12 V2 to 25 years and 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
Testimony by a detective concerning a testifying eyewitness's description of defendant was properly admitted to explain police action (see People v Parris, 247 AD2d 221, lv denied 91 NY2d 944). In any event, were we to find this testimony to be improper bolstering, we would find the error to be harmless in view of the strength of the identification testimony (see People v Johnson, 57 NY2d 969).
We perceive no basis for a reduction of sentence. Concur— Williams, P.J., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Rosenberger and Gonzalez, JJ.