From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

People v. Santiago

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 9, 1994
204 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

May 9, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's claim that his case should have been severed from the codefendant's case because of "antagonistic defenses" is unpreserved for appellate review as the defendant neither submitted a written severance motion nor otherwise presented this claim to the trial court (see, CPL 470.05; People v McGee, 68 N.Y.2d 328, 333-334; People v. Rogers, 156 A.D.2d 598, 600). In any event, the defendant's and codefendant's cases were joinable as a matter of law as they were jointly charged with every offense alleged in the indictment, and all of the offenses charged were based upon the same transaction (see, CPL 200.40; People v. Mahboubian, 74 N.Y.2d 174, 183). The defendant did not demonstrate that his defense was so antagonistic to that of his codefendant so as to warrant separate trials (see, People v Mahboubian, supra; People v. Acevedo, 192 A.D.2d 614; People v Hikel, 180 A.D.2d 820; People v. Rogers, supra).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Thompson, J.P., Sullivan, Ritter and Friedmann, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Santiago

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 9, 1994
204 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

People v. Santiago

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD SANTIAGO…

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

Date published: May 9, 1994

Citations

204 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
614 N.Y.S.2d 173

Citing Cases

People v. Velez

Also contrary to defendant's contention, viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as…

People v. Turnbull

Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the…