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People v. Burns

230 A.D.2d 806 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1996-08-12 English

Judges Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.

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

—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.

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