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(HARMLESS) ERROR TO ALLOW THE LEAD DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLES PLAYED BY PERSONS RECORDED BY THE WIRETAPS, AND (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ADMIT THE WIRETAP ORDERS INTO EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in affirming the conviction of defendants as part of a large scale heroin distribution operation, determined it was error to allow the lead detective to explain to the jury the roles played by the persons recorded by the wiretaps. It was also error to admit the wiretap orders into evidence. Given the overwhelming evidence, however, the errors were deemed harmless:

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… [W]hile “it was error to permit the prosecutor to elicit testimony [from the investigating detective] as to the roles played by the individuals overheard in the phone calls[ ] and the relationships among them, . . . and the meanings of certain case-specific’ terms that he had discovered in the course of the investigation” … , the error was harmless, “as the proof of the defendant’s commission of the charged crimes was overwhelming, and there is no significant probability that, but for the error, the verdict . . . would have been less adverse'” … .

The County Court also improvidently exercised its discretion in admitting into evidence the wiretap court orders. Although the court orders were relevant, as authorizing the wiretapping that led to a large part of the People’s evidence, and their admission had a tendency to prove the existence of a material fact, i.e., that the wiretapping was authorized … , that same fact could have been established without the prejudice they caused. Nevertheless, here, too, the error was harmless. People v Guzman, 2017 NY Slip Op 06454, Second Dept 9-13-17

 

CRIMINAL LAW ((HARMLESS) ERROR TO ALLOW THE LEAD DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLES PLAYED BY PERSONS RECORDED BY THE WIRETAPS, AND (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ADMIT THE WIRETAP ORDERS INTO EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT))/EVIDENCE (CRIMINAL LAW, (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ALLOW THE LEAD DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLES PLAYED BY PERSONS RECORDED BY THE WIRETAPS, AND (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ADMIT THE WIRETAP ORDERS INTO EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT))/WIRETAPS (CRIMINAL LAW, (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ALLOW THE LEAD DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLES PLAYED BY PERSONS RECORDED BY THE WIRETAPS, AND (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ADMIT THE WIRETAP ORDERS INTO EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT))/EAVESDROPPING (CRIMINAL LAW, (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ALLOW THE LEAD DETECTIVE TO EXPLAIN THE ROLES PLAYED BY PERSONS RECORDED BY THE WIRETAPS, AND (HARMLESS) ERROR TO ADMIT THE WIRETAP ORDERS INTO EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT))

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