Torts · MBE-tested

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Taquana Burns, Appellant

230 A.D.2d 806646 N.Y.S.2d 621·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1996·NY

Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.

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Opinion

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Taquana Burns, Appellant. [646 NYS2d 621] [MAJORITY] —Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Fisher, J.), rendered January 6, 1995, convicting her of assault in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed. The defendant contends that reversible error was committed as a result of the court’s pretrial Sandoval ruling (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). However, even assuming that the court’s ruling was improvident or erroneous (cf., People v Brailsford, 106 AD2d 648), in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt, any alleged error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230; People v Ruiz, 205 AD2d 647). Bracken, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Krausman, JJ., concur.