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People v. Wade

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 27, 2000
268 A.D.2d 448 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued December 6, 1999

January 27, 2000

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), rendered February 18, 1998, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and resisting arrest (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, N.Y., for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Robin A. Forshaw, and Kenneth V. Byrne of counsel), for respondent.

FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the indictment should be dismissed on the ground that he was denied his right to testify before the Grand Jury. Having failed to move to dismiss the indictment within five days after his arraignment, the defendant waived this argument ( see, CPL 190.50[c]; People v. Varriale, 238 A.D.2d 208; People v. Anderson, 192 A.D.2d 714).

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution ( see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it is legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence ( see, CPL 470.15).

The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit.

SANTUCCI, J.P., S. MILLER, LUCIANO, and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Wade

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 27, 2000
268 A.D.2d 448 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Wade

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. GREGORY WADE, a/k/a EMANUEL SMITH…

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

Date published: Jan 27, 2000

Citations

268 A.D.2d 448 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
701 N.Y.S.2d 631

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