Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronney Stokes, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-11-24
Citations: 255 A.D.2d 272
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronney Stokes, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 255
Pages: 272–273

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ronney Stokes, Appellant.
[680 NYS2d 840]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered April 17, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The victim of the crime was a Georgia resident who was in Nevada at the time of trial. If there were error in the court's admission into evidence of the complainant's testimony from the first trial (see, CPL 670.10 [1]), it was harmless since, in the context of the issues presented, the complainant's testimony was cumulative (see, People v Maher, 89 NY2d 456, 462-463). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach and Rubin, JJ.