PEOPLE v. COVINGTON


161 A.D.2d 784 (1990)

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

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

May 29, 1990


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Although we find merit to the defendant's contention that the prosecutor should not have been permitted to question him with respect to his postarrest silence (see, People v Conyers, 52 N.Y.2d 454), we nevertheless conclude that the error was harmless given the overwhelming proof of the defendant's guilt (see, People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230

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