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PEOPLE v. BARNES

57 A.D.3d 289 (2008)

868 N.Y.S.2d 663

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

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

December 11, 2008.

The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting testimony regarding the contents of a 911 call. There was no violation of defendant's right of confrontation, because the evidence was not offered for its truth (see Tennessee v Street, 471 U.S. 409 [1985]), but for the legitimate nonhearsay purpose of completing the narrative and explaining why the police approached and then pursued defendant (see People v Tosca,

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