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PEOPLE v. BRIGHTHART

265 A.D.2d 189 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 143

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES BRIGHTHART, Appellant.

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

Decided October 12, 1999.

The court properly exercised its discretion by precluding, as impermissible hearsay, proposed testimony by defendant's girlfriend regarding statements allegedly made by defendant to her concerning various conduct by the deceased prior to the subject incident (see, People v Reynoso, 73 N.Y.2d 816, 819). In any event, following an appropriate offer of proof, defendant's expert psychiatric witness was permitted to testify regarding...

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