The People, etc., respondent, v. Stanley G. Osbourne, appellant. (2010)

Submitted-December 4, 2009

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Jaeger, J.), rendered May 23, 2007, convicting him of assault in the first degree, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v. Hawkins, 11 NY3d 484).   In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.   Moreover, upon our independent review pursuant to CPL 470.15(5), we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Romero, 7 NY3d 633).

The admission of an audiotape of an anonymous caller's statements to the 911 emergency telephone operator did not violate the defendant's right to confrontation because the statements were not testimonial (see Davis v. Washington, 547 U.S. 813;  People v. Mitchell, 35 AD3d 507;  People v. Cato, 22 AD3d 863;  People v. Marino, 21 AD3d 430;  People v. Coleman, 16 AD3d 254).

Moreover, the 911 tape recording was also properly admitted into evidence under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule.   The call was made substantially contemporaneously with the caller's finding of the injured complainant (see People v. Vasquez, 88 N.Y.2d 561, 575;  People v. Brown, 80 N.Y.2d 729, 734;  Lee v. City of New York, 40 AD3d 1048, 1049;  People v. Neloms, 8 AD3d 136, 137).   The substance of the call was sufficiently corroborated by other evidence (see People v. Brown, 80 N.Y.2d at 734-736;  People v. Neloms, 8 AD3d at 137).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.

MASTRO, J.P., FISHER, BELEN and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court