People v. Hall
| Decision Date | 30 November 1999 |
| Citation | 700 N.Y.S.2d 105 |
| Parties | 1999 N.Y. Slip Op. 10,154 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tony HALL, Defendant-Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Oneil Brown, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Stuart P. Levy, for Respondent.
Martin M. Lucente, for Tony Hall.
Abigail Everett, for Oneil Brown.
SULLIVAN, J.P., TOM, RUBIN, ANDRIAS and BUCKLEY, JJ.
Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered July 24, 1997 and August 27, 1997, respectively, convicting defendants, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, attempted rape in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, assault in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child, and sentencing defendant Hall to an aggregate term of 16 to 48 years, and sentencing defendant Brown to an aggregate term of 22 to 56 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendants' various challenges to the court's circumstantial evidence charge are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that, when viewed as a whole, the charge was balanced and conveyed the appropriate legal principles (see, People v. Fields, 87 N.Y.2d 821, 637 N.Y.S.2d 355, 660 N.E.2d 1134; People v. Adams, 69 N.Y.2d 805, 513 N.Y.S.2d 381, 505 N.E.2d 946).
In light of rulings from courts of this as well as other States, concluding that the polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) method of DNA testing is generally accepted as reliable, the court properly admitted such evidence without first conducting a hearing (see, People v. Morales, 227 A.D.2d 648, 643 N.Y.S.2d 217, lv. denied 89 N.Y.2d 926, 654 N.Y.S.2d 729, 677 N.E.2d 301; People v. Hamilton, 255 A.D.2d 693, 681 N.Y.S.2d 117, lv. denied 92 N.Y.2d 1032, 684 N.Y.S.2d 497, 707 N.E.2d 452). There was no need for a hearing to test the reliability of the statistical methods used to estimate how many people in the population share the DNA profile developed by the PCR method since any such objections went to the weight of the evidence, a matter for resolution by the jury (People v. Wesley, 83 N.Y.2d 417, 611 N.Y.S.2d 97, 633 N.E.2d 451). Defendant Brown has failed to preserve his additional contention that the People failed to lay a proper foundation for the specific evidence in this case, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would reject it (see, id.).
The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting evidence that, prior to the incident, defendant Hall was seen in possession of a gun resembling the one used in the incident since such testimony was relevant to establish identity and since its probative value outweighed any prejudicial effect (see, People v. Del...
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