PEOPLE v. SMITH


278 A.D.2d 139 (2000)

718 N.Y.S.2d 55

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MARK SMITH, Appellant.

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

Decided December 21, 2000.


The hotel manager was properly permitted to testify as to the complainant's description of the robber and to the fact that defendant was the only resident of this controlled-access residential hotel who could have met that description. The manager had personal knowledge of the appearance of all the residents, and the complainant's description completed the narrative and provided context (see, People v Rivera,

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