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PEOPLE v. SPEAKS

No. 144.

28 N.Y.3d 990 (2016)

65 N.E.3d 673

42 N.Y.S.3d 644

2016 NY Slip Op 06856

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LOUIS SPEAKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Nao Terai of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth P. Thompson , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Lori Glachman , Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN, FAHEY and GARCIA concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion as a matter of law in permitting a detective to testify about descriptions of the robbers given by one testifying witness and one nontestifying witness...

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