People v. Kramer

Jun 10, 1997
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Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Daniel Sullivan, J.), rendered August 9,1993, convicting ‍​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, ‍​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s instruction to the jury not to speculate as to the lack of fingerprint ‍​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍testing did not convey that the jury was to ignore the lack of fingerprint evidence, but rather that it was not to go ‍​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍beyond the evidence in theorizing as to why fingerprints had not been taken (People v Duncan, 221 AD2d 254, lv denied 87 NY2d 972; People v Brown, 155 AD2d 306, lv ‍​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍denied 75 NY2d 811). Concur—Wallach, J. P., Nardelli, Rubin, Tom and Andrias, JJ.