PEOPLE v. WRIGHT


266 A.D.2d 246 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 667

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BRIAN WRIGHT, Appellant.

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

Decided November 1, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

As a rebuttal witness, the People presented a psychiatrist who testified, inter alia, about a statement contained in a police report by an individual who alleged that the defendant had told him that he "clapped" the victim because the victim "disrespected" him. The defendant contends that this statement was hearsay and its admission deprived him of his right to a fair trial. However, "hearsay testimony given by [an] expert...

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