Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Romain Hector, Also Known as Hector Roman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-03-10
Citations: 248 A.D.2d 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Romain Hector, Also Known as Hector Roman, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Rubin and Tom, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Romain Hector, Also Known as Hector Roman, Appellant.
[670 NYS2d 764]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas Galligan, J.), rendered June 20, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
Since defendant's offer of proof failed to establish the relevance of the witness's prospective testimony, the court's refusal to permit defendant to call the witness was proper (People v Arroyo, 77 NY2d 947, 948). To the extent that the proffered testimony may have corroborated defendant's own testimony, it did so only as to collateral matters (People v Perez, 236 AD2d 298, Iv denied 89 NY2d 1039). In any event, any error in precluding such testimony was harmless given that the testimony could not have affected the verdict.
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Rubin and Tom, JJ.