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p. 421The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eliseo Deleon, Appellant. [692 NYS2d 94]
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gorges, J.), rendered March 13, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly refused to admit into evidence a videotaped statement of the defendant, made after he had ample opportunity to reflect (see, People v Dalton, 88 NY2d 561 ; People v Williams, 203 AD2d 498 , 499). The videotaped statement was irrelevant unless offered for its truth and therefore constituted inadmissible hearsay (see, People v Rey
p. 422
noso, 73 NY2d 816 ). Ritter, J. P., Joy, Goldstein and Schmidt, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. Vasquez 88 NY2d 561 p. 421
- People v. Williams 203 AD2d 498 at 499 p. 421
- People v. Reynoso 73 NY2d 816 p. 422