Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Taquana Burns, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-08-12
Citations: 230 A.D.2d 806
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Taquana Burns, Appellant.
Judges: Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 230
Pages: 806–806

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Taquana Burns, Appellant.
[646 NYS2d 621]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered January 6, 1995, convicting her of assault in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that reversible error was committed as a result of the court's pretrial Sandoval ruling (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). However, even assuming that the court's ruling was improvident or erroneous (cf., People v Brailsford, 106 AD2d 648), in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, any alleged error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230; People v Ruiz, 205 AD2d 647).
Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.