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PEOPLE v. GARCIA

No. 40, No. 41

25 N.Y.3d 77 (2015)

30 N.E.3d 137

7 N.Y.S.3d 246

2015 NY Slip Op 02675

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD GARCIA, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSHUE DEJESUS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 31, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Amanda Rolat of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( David P. Johnson , Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Abigail Everett of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Alice Wiseman and Eleanor J. Ostrow of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Opinion by Judge FAHEY. Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges READ, PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM and STEIN concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

From these otherwise unrelated criminal appeals arises the question whether the introduction of purported "background and narrative" evidence through the testimony of police detectives violated defendants' right to...

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