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People v. Afrika

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 2002
291 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

KA 00-01483

February 1, 2002.

Appeal from a judgment of Monroe County Court (Egan, J.), entered February 18, 2000, convicting defendant after a jury trial of, inter alia, assault in the first degree.

ROBERT W. WOOD, ROCHESTER, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

NACHE AFRIKA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT PRO SE.

HOWARD R. RELIN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (KELLY CHRISTINE WOLFORD OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

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


It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

On appeal from a judgment convicting him of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02), defendant contends that his conviction of intentional assault is repugnant to his acquittal of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03). That contention is not preserved for our review ( see, People v. Alfaro, 66 N.Y.2d 985, 987; People v. Satloff, 56 N.Y.2d 745, 746, rearg denied 57 N.Y.2d 674) and in any event lacks merit. As long as the "court's charge did not preclude the jury from concluding that defendant initially possessed the loaded pistol without intending to use it unlawfully against another, but decided to fire the gun at complainant as events unfolded", a verdict finding defendant guilty of intentional assault but not guilty of possession with unlawful intent is not repugnant ( People v. Brewer, 186 A.D.2d 88, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 785; see, People v. Fuller, 200 A.D.2d 498, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 871; see also, People v. Anthony, 273 A.D.2d 246; People v. Holloway, 253 A.D.2d 767, 768, lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 1033; People v. Smith, 235 A.D.2d 558, 559, lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 1041). Here, "[t]he court's charge, to which defendant had no objection, defined each charge separately and required that the jury consider them separately" ( People v. Jordan, 175 A.D.2d 649, 650, lv denied 78 N.Y.2d 1128).

We have considered the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel raised in the pro se supplemental brief and conclude that they are without merit.


Summaries of

People v. Afrika

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 2002
291 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Afrika

Case Details

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

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

Date published: Feb 1, 2002

Citations

291 A.D.2d 880 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
737 N.Y.S.2d 731

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