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People v. Boynes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 18, 1997
236 A.D.2d 266 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

February 18, 1997.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered February 23, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Before: Wallach, J.P., Rubin, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.


The verdict was supported by legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence ( People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Issues relating to credibility and the reliability of identification testimony were properly presented to the jury and we see no reason to disturb its verdict.

Defendant's motion to suppress identification testimony was properly denied. Defendant's claim that the identification was the fruit of an unlawful detention is unpreserved and unreviewable on this record. Although defendant's motion papers included such a claim, defendant acquiesced in the court's limitation of the suppression hearing to the issue of suggestiveness ( see, People v Roman, 233 AD2d 116). When defendant moved for reargument a month after the suppression decision, but declined the court's offer to reopen the hearing, the court properly denied suppression, because the record of the existing hearing provided no basis on which to find that defendant was unlawfully detained ( see, People v King, 192 AD2d 556, lv denied 81 NY2d 1075).

We have considered defendant's remaining contention and find it to be without merit.


Summaries of

People v. Boynes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Feb 18, 1997
236 A.D.2d 266 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Boynes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SHAWN BOYNES, Appellant

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

Date published: Feb 18, 1997

Citations

236 A.D.2d 266 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
654 N.Y.S.2d 297