People v. Ewell
| Decision Date | 22 November 2004 |
| Docket Number | 2001-06556. |
| Citation | 12 A.D.3d 616,786 N.Y.S.2d 545,2004 NY Slip Op 08712 |
| Parties | THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MIKE EWELL, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the court did not violate his right to confront a witness when it permitted a detective to testify that he told the defendant that a codefendant had placed him at the scene of the killing. Such testimony was properly admitted into evidence not for its truth but to explain why the defendant confessed to the police when he did. The court properly instructed the jury that the testimony was admitted for the limited purpose of explaining the detective's actions and their effect on the defendant, and not for the truth of the codefendant's statement (see Tennessee v Street, 471 US 409, 413-417 [1985]; People v Reynoso, 2 NY3d 820 [2004]; People v Perez, 9 AD3d 376 [2004], lv denied 3 NY3d 710 [2004]; People v Hughes, 251 AD2d 513 [1998]).
The defendant's remaining contentions either are without merit or relate to harmless error in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt (see People v Perez, supra; see generally People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]).
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