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People v. Peyton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 19, 1997
244 A.D.2d 976 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

November 19, 1997

(Appeal from Judgment of Erie County Court, Rogowski, J. — Burglary, 2nd Degree.)

Present — Lawton, J. P., Hayes, Doerr, Balio and Fallon, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly determined that the photo array identification procedure used by the investigating officer was not unduly suggestive (see, People v. James, 185 A.D.2d 702, lv denied 80 N.Y.2d 930). We conclude that the court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 30.30. The People announced their readiness for trial within the statutory period, and all periods of post-readiness delay were attributable to defendant's request for new counsel and defendant's pretrial motions.

The court did not err in denying defendant's request to charge criminal trespass in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.15) as a lesser included offense of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25). Although criminal trespass in the second degree is a proper lesser included offense of burglary in the second degree, i.e., it is theoretically impossible to commit the greater offense without concomitantly committing the lesser (see, People v. Glover, 57 N.Y.2d 61, 63), there is no reasonable view of the evidence to support a finding that defendant committed the lesser offense but not the greater (People v Scarborough, 49 N.Y.2d 364, 369-370; see also, People v. Suarez, 148 A.D.2d 367, 369). A prosecution witness testified that he saw defendant forcibly enter the dwelling and leave some time later carrying a VCR. Defendant testified that he did not commit the crimes charged. Thus, there is no reasonable view of the evidence from which the jury could conclude that defendant forcibly entered the house without intending to commit a crime therein (see, People v. Scarborough, supra, at 369-370; see also, People v Palmer, 216 A.D.2d 883, 884, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 799).

We reject the contention of defendant that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence (see, People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495). We conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.


Summaries of

People v. Peyton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 19, 1997
244 A.D.2d 976 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Peyton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THOMAS PEYTON…

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

Date published: Nov 19, 1997

Citations

244 A.D.2d 976 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
665 N.Y.S.2d 218

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