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People v. Kostora

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 10, 1998
251 A.D.2d 1082 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

June 10, 1998

Appeal from Judgment of Herkimer County Court, Kirk, J. — Burglary, 2nd Degree.

Present — Pine, J. P., Hayes, Wisner, Pigott, Jr., and Boehm, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contentions that the evidence of intent to commit a crime is legally insufficient to support his conviction of burglary in the second degree ( see, People v. Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10, 19; People v. Bynum, 70 N.Y.2d 858, 859), that the jury instruction regarding prior inconsistent statements was inadequate ( see, People v. Hicks, 205 A.D.2d 478, 479, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 868) and that County Court failed to marshal the evidence in an even-handed manner ( see, People v. Filardi, 203 A.D.2d 301; People v. Easterling, 166 A.D.2d 713). We decline to exercise our power to review those contentions as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see, CPL 470.15 [a]). The verdict is not against the weight of the evidence ( see, People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495), and the sentence is neither unduly harsh nor severe.


Summaries of

People v. Kostora

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jun 10, 1998
251 A.D.2d 1082 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

People v. Kostora

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT KOSTORA…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Jun 10, 1998

Citations

251 A.D.2d 1082 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
675 N.Y.S.2d 573

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