PEOPLE v. RIVERA


205 A.D.2d 563 (1994)

613 N.Y.S.2d 210

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eddie Rivera, Appellant

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

June 6, 1994


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that it was error to allow the prosecutor to call at trial a Grand Jury witness who had indicated that he would refuse to testify at trial. While it was error to allow the witness to be called, we find the error to be harmless.

"Absent a conscious and flagrant attempt by the prosecutor to build a case out of the inferences" arising from the witness's refusal to testify, "or without some indication...

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