| People v Harris |
| 2013 NY Slip Op 08267 [112 AD3d 738] |
| December 11, 2013 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Paul Harris, Appellant. |
—[*1] Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and VictorBarall of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County(Tomei, J.), rendered November 21, 2011, convicting him of manslaughter in the seconddegree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the trial court erred in permitting the People toimpeach their own witness with prior inconsistent statements contained in that witness'sgrand jury testimony is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; see also People v Jones, 25AD3d 724, 725 [2006]). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit. Inhis grand jury testimony, the witness testified that he saw the defendant at the crimescene at the time of the shooting with a gun in his hand, and that the defendant shot him.However, at trial, the witness testified that he did not see the defendant at the crimescene. "Thus, the eyewitness's trial testimony tended to disprove the People's case andaffirmatively damaged the People's position" (People v Jones, 25 AD3d at 725).Accordingly, the trial court properly allowed the People to impeach the witness pursuantto CPL 60.35 with his grand jury testimony (see id.; People vBroomfield, 163 AD2d 403, 403-404 [1990]; People v Magee, 128 AD2d811, 811 [1987]; cf. People v Fitzpatrick, 40 NY2d 44, 51 [1976]).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80[1982]).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Dickerson, J.P., Chambers,Roman and Miller, JJ., concur. [Prior Case History: 34 Misc 3d 281.]