Opinion
2001-00875
Argued January 7, 2003.
February 18, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), rendered January 17, 2001, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Reyna E. Marder of counsel), for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Anthea H. Bruffee, Solomon Neubort, Thomas A. Tormey, and Kurt Hoffman of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., DAVID S. RITTER, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention with respect to the adequacy of an adverse inference charge given by the trial court concerning a missing videotape was not preserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05). In any event, the charge was adequate (see People v. Kelly, 62 N.Y.2d 516).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
At oral argument on this appeal, this court was advised that the missing videotape was discovered after the conclusion of the trial. This information is dehors the record. Thus, our determination is without prejudice to the defendant seeking whatever posttrial remedy or remedies, if any, he deems appropriate concerning the same.
PRUDENTI, P.J., RITTER, LUCIANO and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.