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People v. George

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 28, 2010
79 A.D.3d 1148 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 2008-09707.

December 28, 2010.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered October 16, 2008, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Denise A. Cors of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Sholom J. Twersky, and Michael J. Balch of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Skelos, J.P., Dickerson, Belen and Lott, JJ.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's claim that the Supreme Court deprived him of his right to a public trial is unpreserved for appellate review ( see People v Alvarez, 76 AD3d 1098; People v Vatansever, 5 AD3d 406, 407). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit ( see People v Colon, 71 NY2d 410, 416, cert denied 487 US 1239; People v Martin, 71 AD3d 917, lv granted 15 NY3d 753; People v Gib bons, 18 AD3d 773; cf. Presley v Georgia, 558 US ___, 130 S Ct 721).

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly admitted into evidence the audiotape of a telephone call by the complainant to the 911 emergency number under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule. Although the call was made after the perpetrators left the complainant's store, the time delay was not sufficient to destroy the indicia of reliability upon which this hearsay exception rests ( see People v York, 304 AD2d 681; People v Smith, 267 AD2d 407, 408).


Summaries of

People v. George

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 28, 2010
79 A.D.3d 1148 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

People v. George

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM GEORGE…

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

Date published: Dec 28, 2010

Citations

79 A.D.3d 1148 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 9938
913 N.Y.S.2d 569

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