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People v. Styles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Aug 22, 1991
175 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

August 22, 1991

Appeal from the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.).


As a condition of his probation, defendant was required to complete a specific counseling program at a treatment center. When defendant was administratively discharged prior to the completion of said program, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Although the discharge report from the treatment center is hearsay and does not meet the business record exception, hearsay may be admitted in a probation violation hearing (People v Krzykowski, 121 A.D.2d 831). While hearsay alone is insufficient to prove that a defendant has violated a condition of probation (People v Davis, 155 A.D.2d 610, lv denied 75 N.Y.2d 812; People v Krzykowski, supra), in this case there is "a residuum of competent legal evidence in the record" (People v Machia, 96 A.D.2d 1113, 1114) to establish a finding of a probation violation. In addition to the testimony of the probation officers, defendant himself testified that he was not cooperative and that his own actions led to his discharge. Because defendant did not successfully complete the treatment program as he was required to do, County Court did not abuse its discretion in revoking defendant's probation (see, People v Bacchi, 112 A.D.2d 940; People v Forman, 105 A.D.2d 984, 984-985).

Mahoney, P.J., Casey, Mikoll, Levine and Crew III, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Styles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Aug 22, 1991
175 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Styles

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES L. STYLES…

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

Date published: Aug 22, 1991

Citations

175 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
573 N.Y.S.2d 541

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