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People v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 29, 1990
161 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

May 29, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J.).


Defendant's claim that the court improperly precluded testimony concerning his alleged self-serving postarrest statement made while in custody was not properly preserved for appellate review. The only argument raised by defendant at the suppression hearing challenging an earlier inculpatory statement was that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him. No argument as to the relevancy of the exculpatory statement, such as is argued on appeal, i.e., that the second statement completed or explained the first, was ever advanced. In any event, defendant's statements to Officer Byrne at the time of his arrest and then one hour later at the precinct were not part of a single conversation. (See, People v McLucas, 15 N.Y.2d 167, 170.) Nor, in the circumstances, did the second statement explain or complete the first.

As for the court's summary denial of defendant's postjudgment motion (CPL 440.10), sufficient facts appear in the record for this court to determine defendant's claim regarding the People's alleged failure to turn over exculpatory evidence. Thus, the trial court properly denied the defendant's motion without a hearing. (See, CPL 440.30; 440.10 [2] [b].) Based on the trial record and defendant's submission, consisting of his attorney's affidavit, we reject the postjudgment claim. (See, People v. Satterfield, 66 N.Y.2d 796, 799; CPL 440.30.) The Trial Assistant's denial, of record, that defendant's daughter, the mother of the victim, communicated the so-called exculpatory information to him was conclusive with respect to the claim.

Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Ellerin and Smith, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 29, 1990
161 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Brown

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FLOYD BROWN, Appellant

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

Date published: May 29, 1990

Citations

161 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
555 N.Y.S.2d 797

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