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People v. Gaines

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 11, 2005
20 A.D.3d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

2002-04671.

July 11, 2005.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered May 14, 2002, convicting him of robbery in first degree and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Demakos, J.H.O.), of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony and physical evidence.

Leon H. Tracy, Jericho, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Adams, J.P., Ritter, Goldstein and Fisher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution ( see People v. Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence ( see CPL 470.15).

The Supreme Court properly denied those branches of the defendant's omnibus motion which were to suppress identification testimony and physical evidence, since there was probable cause for the defendant's arrest ( see People v. Anderson, 260 AD2d 387; People v. Ross, 244 AD2d 513; People v. Sanders, 239 AD2d 528).

The sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v. Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).


Summaries of

People v. Gaines

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 11, 2005
20 A.D.3d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

People v. Gaines

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TROY GAINES, Appellant

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

Date published: Jul 11, 2005

Citations

20 A.D.3d 488 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
797 N.Y.S.2d 761