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PURSUANT TO A MOLINEUX ANALYSIS, THE WEAPON-POSSESSION COUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERED FROM THE MENACING AND ASSAULT COUNTS, IN WHICH DISPLAY OF A WEAPON WAS ALLEGED; THE SIROIS HEARING DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE DEFENDANT CAUSED THE VICTIM TO REFUSE TO TESTIFY, THEREFORE THE VICTIM’S GRAND JURY TESTIMONY WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE; NEW TRIAL ORDERED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing defendant’s conviction and ordering a new trial, over a partial dissent, determined: (1) the weapon-possession count should have been severed from the assault and menacing counts under a Molineux analysis; (2) the Sirois hearing did not demonstrate that the alleged victim refused to testify because of intimidation by the defendant, therefore the victim’s grand jury testimony should not have been read to the jury; and (3) under Molineux, evidence of the defendant’s possession of marijuana and defendant’s participation in a program related to the police department’s “Crime Analysis Center” should not have been admitted:

… [B]y refusing to sever the assault and menacing charges from the weapon charge, County Court permitted highly prejudicial evidence to be placed before the jury. Proof that a handgun was recovered from defendant’s residence could lend credence to the victim’s claim that a handgun — albeit a different one — was displayed during the course of the assault and menacing. Similarly, if the jury credited the victim’s grand jury testimony relative to defendant displaying a weapon during her encounter with him, the jury could be more likely to believe that the handgun recovered from defendant’s residence did indeed belong to him.  * * *

Although the proof adduced [at the Sirois hearing] certainly established that the victim felt threatened and did not wish to testify, such proof fell short of demonstrating, by clear and convincing evidence, that defendant — or someone acting at his behest — orchestrated the victim’s unavailability for trial. People v Bryant, 2021 NY Slip Op 07582, Third Dept 12-30-21

 

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