People v. RoacherPeople v. Roacher
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Because the People produced clear and convincing evidence that the defendant procured the unavailability of the codefendant Maurice Gulley through threats of violence, the Supreme Court properly permitted Gulley‘s grand jury testimony to be introduced into evidence at trial (see People v Geraci, 85 NY2d 359, 365 [1995]).
In light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt, which included the defendant‘s written and videotaped statements admitting participation in the robbery during which the victim was killed, the remaining trial errors alleged were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). Prudenti, P.J., Fisher, Carni and McCarthy, JJ., concur.