People v. Baylor
806 N.Y.S.2d 422
N.Y. App. Div.
2006
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v FRANK BAYLOR, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

806 N.Y.S.2d 422

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered November 12, 2003, convicting him of rape in the first degree (two counts), sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the third degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

At trial, the People offered into evidence reports containing the results of DNA testing performed on samples collected from the complainants and the defendant. The DNA reports were offered through the testimony of an expert in forensic biology employed by the Medical Examiner‘s Office of the City of New York. The expert supervised other public employees who conducted the tests performed upon the samples, but he did not engage in all of the actual testing procedures.

The defendant‘s contention, inter alia, that the admission of the DNA evidence violated his Federal and State constitutional right to confront witnesses against him (see ), is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; ; , lv denied ; ). In any event, contrary to the defendant‘s contention, the DNA reports were properly admitted under the business records exception to the hearsay rule (see CPLR 4518 [a]; ; ).

H. Miller, J.P., Adams, Luciano and Rivera, JJ., concur.