PEOPLE v. ASHLEY


296 A.D.2d 339 (2002)

744 N.Y.S.2d 408

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTHONY ASHLEY, Appellant.

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

Decided July 11, 2002.


The court properly considered two Brooklyn robberies, of which defendant had already been convicted, in relation to the issue of identity. Those two robberies and the instant crime shared a sufficiently distinctive modus operandi as to render the Brooklyn crimes relevant to prove defendant's identity (see, People v Beam, 57 N.Y.2d 241). Moreover, this evidence could not possibly have caused defendant any prejudice. The two robberies...

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