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People v. Gaskin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 27, 2000
278 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

December 27, 2000.

Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Buscaglia, J. — Robbery, 3rd Degree.

PRESENT: GREEN, J. P., HAYES, HURLBUTT, KEHOE AND BALIO, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a nonjury trial of robbery in the third degree (Penal Law § 160.05) and upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law § 220.03). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that the robbery conviction must be reversed because the evidence is legally insufficient to establish that he forcibly stole property from the victim ( see, People v. Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10, 19). We reject defendant's further contentions that the victim's testimony is incredible as a matter of law ( see, People v Zambito [appeal No. 1], 92 A.D.2d 729) and that Supreme Court failed to give the evidence the weight it should be accorded in finding defendant guilty of robbery in the third degree ( see, People v Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495). Finally, defendant seeks reinstatement of the sentence that the court originally imposed before it was advised that defendant did not qualify for the program to which he had been sentenced. There is no authority for reinstating an illegal sentence.


Summaries of

People v. Gaskin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 27, 2000
278 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Gaskin

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RODNEY GASKIN…

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

Date published: Dec 27, 2000

Citations

278 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
718 N.Y.S.2d 779