Court Opinion

ID: 5945123
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 05:59:20.483884+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:47:25.025975
License: Public Domain

The defendant contends that he was denied his right to a fair trial by the combined prejudicial effect of a prosecution witness’s statement which implicitly informed the jury that he had a prior conviction and the court’s curative instruction in relation thereto. We disagree.
Any prejudice which might have arisen as a result of the prosecution witness’s statement was eliminated when the court sustained the defense counsel’s objection and administered prompt and, contrary to the defendant’s contention, effective curative instructions (see, People v Santiago, 52 NY2d 865). The defense counsel’s motion for a mistrial was therefore properly denied. Kunzeman, J. P., Balletta, Miller and Ritter, JJ., concur.