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People v. Bryant

72 A.D.2d 568 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1979-10-15 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Carl Bryant, Also Known as William Irving Bryant, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 7, 1978, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Although the prosecutor committed error when he questioned the defendant about a prior weapons conviction which the court had suppressed on the Sandoval motion, such error did not deprive defendant of a fair trial and should be considered harmless in view of the overwhelming proof of guilt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 ). We have considered the defendant’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. Damiani, J. P., O’Connor, Lazer and Margett, JJ., concur.

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