PEOPLE v. BOWMAN


122 A.D.2d 849 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shawn Bowman, Appellant

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

August 11, 1986


Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.

We find that the trial court improperly permitted the arresting officers to testify on direct examination as to the complainant's identification of the defendant. It would appear that this testimony was not essential to any appropriate narrative of the events leading to the apprehension of the defendant, but, rather was elicited for the prime purpose of bolstering the...

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