PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


79 A.D.2d 1036 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Williams, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 26, 1981


Judgment affirmed.

A prosecution witness was improperly permitted to testify that he took the defendant's fingerprints three times. One was for the Mount Vernon Police Department, one was for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and one was for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice System. Defendant complains that this testimony denied him a fair trial because it allowed the jury to infer he had a prior arrest record. Testimony was also received from a specialist...

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