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People v. Russillo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 28, 2001
286 A.D.2d 992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

(1187.1) KA 00-02518.

September 28, 2001.

(Appeal from Judgment of Erie County Court, Drury, J. — Robbery, 1st Degree.)

PRESENT: WISNER, J.P., HURLBUTT, SCUDDER, KEHOE AND BURNS, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15) and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree (Penal Law § 265.09). We reject the contention of defendant that a courtroom demonstration allowing the jury to view his eyes was unduly prejudicial ( see, People v. Brown, 133 A.D.2d 464, 465, lv denied 70 N.Y.2d 930; see also, People v. Caffee, 247 A.D.2d 401, 401-402, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 971). The victim indicated that the perpetrator of the robbery had a "lazy" eye. Defendant's contention that County Court erred in receiving in evidence at the Wade hearing a photocopy of a photographic array also lacks merit. "The People sufficiently established that the original [array] was missing, that a diligent search was made to recover the [missing array], and that the copy was a duplicate of the original" ( People v. Perez, 276 A.D.2d 722, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 762). Defendant further contends that the court improperly marshaled the evidence. Defendant failed to object to the court's curative instruction to the jury on that issue, however, and thus failed to preserve his present contention for our review ( see generally, People v. Hines, 227 A.D.2d 887, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 986). Finally, defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that the court improperly received in evidence a videotape that the People allegedly had failed to provide to defendant in a timely manner ( see, CPL 470.05), and we decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see, CPL 470.15 [a]).


Summaries of

People v. Russillo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 28, 2001
286 A.D.2d 992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Russillo

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PAUL RUSSILLO…

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

Date published: Sep 28, 2001

Citations

286 A.D.2d 992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
730 N.Y.S.2d 912

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