AMICUS AI
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Docket Number
Attorney(S)
Judges
Are you a practicing lawyer?
Enhance your digital presence and reach by creating a Casemine profile.
Upload pleading to use the new AI search
Cites
Cited by
Citation Codes
Equivalent Citations
citation codes
Docket Number
Attorney(S)
Judges

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. Luis ARROYO, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the People's expert in surgery and trauma should not have been permitted to testify that, in his opinion, the complainant's injuries could not have been self-inflicted is unpreserved for appellate review, as the defendant failed to object to the testimony with specificity ( see People v Hawkins, 11 NY3d 484; People v Robinson, 88 NY2d 1001, 1002; People v Clas, 54 AD3d 770, 770; People v Waugh, 189 AD2d 907, 908). In any event, even assuming that the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in admitting the testimony ( see People v Cronin, 60 NY2d 430, 432-433; People v Ciaccio, 47 NY2d 431, 439; People v Langlois, 17 AD3d 772, 774; People v Paschall, 91 AD2d 645, 645), any error was harmless, as there was overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, and no significant probability that the error contributed to his conviction ( see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 241-242).

Use AI to get other relevant cases.

Comments

PEOPLE v. ARROYO
(Feb 17, 2009)