Opinion
2011-08-2
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.Robert FRANOV, appellant.
Anthony V. Lombardino, Richmond Hill, N.Y. (Judah Maltz of counsel), for appellant.Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Linda Cantoni of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Holder, J.), rendered April 2, 2009, convicting him of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree, criminal mischief in the third degree, possession of burglar's tools, and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. By decision and order dated March 16, 2010, this Court modified the judgment, on the law, by vacating the conviction of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the second degree, vacating the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment ( see People v. Franov, 71 A.D.3d 914, 897 N.Y.S.2d 176). On May 10, 2011, the Court of Appeals reversed the order of this Court and remitted the matter for consideration of the facts pursuant to CPL 470.25(2)(d) and 470.40(2)(b) ( see People v. Franov, 17 N.Y.3d 58, 926 N.Y.S.2d 840, 950 N.E.2d 473).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The matter having been remitted to us for further proceedings in accordance with CPL 470.25(2)(d) and 470.40(2)(b), the facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.