People v. Soba
Decision Date | 18 November 2003 |
Docket Number | 2212. |
Citation | 2003 NY Slip Op 18394,767 N.Y.S.2d 219,1 A.D.3d 205 |
Parties | THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARLOS SOBA, Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
The 911 tapes that defendant sought to introduce did not qualify for admission under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule and were of minimal probative value with relation to the issues raised at trial (see People v Brown, 80 NY2d 729 [1993]). In any event, were we to find that exclusion of any of the tapes was error, we would find the error to be harmless (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). Since defendant did not assert a constitutional right to introduce this evidence, his constitutional argument is unpreserved (see People v Angelo, 88 NY2d 217, 222 [1996]; People v Gonzalez, 54 NY2d 729 [1981]), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find no violation of defendant's right to present a defense.
The victim's statement to the police, made minutes after the incident, was properly admitted as an excited utterance because the evidence, including testimony as to the victim's demeanor, established that he was still under the influence of the stress of the incident (see People v Alvarado, 294 AD2d 155 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 708 [2002]).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
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