PEOPLE v. COVINGTON


123 A.D.2d 780 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gerald Covington, Appellant

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

October 20, 1986


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant unsuccessfully attempted to offer into evidence a videotaped statement of one Steven Cepedes as a declaration against penal interest. This statement essentially corroborated the defendant's account of many of the events leading up to his arrest. However, the statement was probative only as to the crimes of robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of marihuana in the second degree, and criminal possession...

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