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161 A.D.2d 1181

People v. Kellams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1990-05-11

Decided 1990-05-11

¶1Judgment affirmed. Memorandum: The court erred in admitting, without proper foundation, defendant’s bloodstained underwear and scientific testimony relating to the underwear (see, People v Julian, 41 NY2d 340, 342; People v Brown, 115 AD2d 610, lv denied 67 NY2d 940; People v Capella, 111 AD2d 179). Proof that defendant committed rape in the first degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, however, was overwhelming. Because there is no significant probability that, absent the error, the jury *1182would have acquitted defendant, the error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 242; People v Brown, supra).

¶2All concur, except Doerr, J., who dissents and votes to reverse and grant a new trial in the following memorandum.

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