PEOPLE v. FRANKLINE

No. 89.

27 N.Y.3d 1113 (2016)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LENNIE FRANKLINE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Allen Fallek of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Jordan K. Hummel , Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Nancy Killian of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA and ABDUS-SALAAM concur; Judge FAHEY concurs in result in a separate concurring opinion in which Judges STEIN and GARCIA concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant Lennie Frankline challenges his conviction, alleging that the victim's testimony about his prior act of violence against her, while generally admissible as nonpropensity evidence, was prejudicially excessive in scope. Given the trial record, we conclude reversal is unwarranted.

At defendant's trial on charges arising from his attempted murder...

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