PEOPLE v. SMITH


291 A.D.2d 575 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 880

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

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

Decided February 25, 2002.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant correctly contends that a detective's testimony regarding the characteristic behavior of pedophiles was improperly admitted into evidence. Pursuant to an objection by the defendant, the trial court refused to qualify the detective as an expert in the field of pedophilia. However, the error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt and...

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