Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rasheem Tartt, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-01-20
Citations: 58 A.D.3d 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rasheem Tartt, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 527–528

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rasheem Tartt, Appellant.
[870 NYS2d 787]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Caesar Cirigliano, J.), rendered October 18, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly allowed the People to impeach their witness with his grand jury testimony because a portion of his trial testimony on redirect examination affirmatively damaged the People's case (see CPL 60.35 [1]; People v Fitzpatrick, 40 NY2d 44, 51-52, [1976]). In any event, we conclude that any error in allowing that impeachment was harmless (see People v Crim-mins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). To the extent that defendant is raising a constitutional claim, such claim is both unpreserved and without merit. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.E, Friedman, Buckley, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.