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Detective’s Testimony About a Non-Testifying Witness’ Description of the Perpetrator Properly Admitted to Explain Detective’s Subsequent Actions and Complete the Narrative

The Second Department, over an extensive dissent, determined a detective’s testimony about a non-testifying witness’ (Anderson’s) description of the perpetrator was admissible for the non-hearsay purpose of explaining the detective’s subsequent actions, and completing the narrative of events:

The jury was specifically instructed not to consider this description for its truth, and the description was properly admitted for the relevant, nonhearsay purpose of “establishing the reasons behind the detective’s actions, and to complete the narrative of events leading to the defendant’s arrest” … . Contrary to the view of our dissenting colleague, we find that the People sufficiently established a connection between Anderson’s description and subsequent police conduct. Anderson’s general description of the perpetrator, as distinct from a direct identification of the defendant, led to successive police investigatory conduct such as interviewing other witnesses, including a witness who identified the defendant at trial, and procuring the surveillance video of the defendant … . Thus, the Supreme Court did not err in admitting Anderson’s description of the perpetrator for a limited nonhearsay purpose … . People v Speaks, 2015 NY Slip Op 00396, 2nd Dept 1-14-15

 

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