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CROSS-RACIAL IDENTIFICATION JURY INSTRUCTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN, ERROR HARMLESS HOWEVER (FIRST DEPT).

Although the error was deemed harmless, the First Department determined the cross-racial identification jury instruction should have been given:

The trial court denied defendant’s request for a charge on cross-racial identification. Since then, the Court of Appeals decided People v Boone, which held that “when identification is an issue in a criminal case and the identifying witness and defendant appear to be of different races, upon request, a party is entitled to a charge on cross-racial identification” and the trial court must give the charge if a party requests it (30 NY3d 521, 526 [2017]). Since identification was an issue in this case and the victim and defendant were of different races, the motion court should have granted the request for the charge on cross-racial identification. However, we find the error harmless given that the video supports the victim’s testimony about the incident and his familiarity with defendant. Further, the victim told police that the robber had an MTA connection, and defendant was arrested wearing an MTA jacket. The identification testimony was unusually strong and the evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming … . Also, there is no significant probability that defendant would have been acquitted but for this charge error … . People v Patterson, 2019 NY Slip Op 02154, First Dept 3-21-19

 

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