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PEOPLE v. FERGUSON

154 A.D.2d 706 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerl Ferguson, Appellant

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

October 30, 1989

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find unpersuasive the defendant's claim that the trial court erred in precluding him from eliciting testimony regarding the contents of a statement he made to a detective on the date of his arrest, as the statement constituted inadmissible hearsay. Contrary to the defendant's position at trial, the statement did not satisfy the criteria for a declaration against penal interest, as...

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