Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dennis Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-11-25
Citations: 244 A.D.2d 301
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dennis Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 301–301

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dennis Smith, Appellant.
[665 NYS2d 856]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), rendered April 9, 1996, 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 admission into evidence of the pocket knife was proper since it was relevant to explain why the officers did not search further for another cutting device. In any event, its admission did not deprive defendant of a fair trial, in view of the overwhelming evidence of guilt and the stipulations and other circumstances under which the knife was presented to the jury (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 240-242). Concur— Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Nardelli and Mazzarelli, JJ.