Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Trinae Romaine, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-04-06
Citations: 149 A.D.3d 442
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Trinae Romaine, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Renwick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman and Webber, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 442–442

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Trinae Romaine, Appellant.
[51 NYS3d 72]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Melissa C. Jackson, J.), rendered April 22, 2014, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree, and sentencing her to five years' probation, and ordering her to pay restitution, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Moreover, the evidence of defendant's guilt was overwhelming. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. The evidence lacked any reasonable explanation other than that defendant, who was motivated to steal the victim's phone because it contained a damaging recording of defendant, used pepper spray on the victim for the purpose of stealing the phone, and stole it as part of a single incident.
Even if the court improvidently exercised its discretion when it denied defendant's request to introduce extrinsic evidence of an alleged prior inconsistent statement made by the victim, any error in the court's ruling was harmless (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]).
Concur — Renwick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman and Webber, JJ.