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People v. Gillard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 18, 2000
271 A.D.2d 318 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

April 18, 2000.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered July 26, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, to run consecutively to a 30-day jail sentence for summary contempt of court, unanimously affirmed.

Shari R. Michels, for respondent.

David M. Green, for defendant-appellant.

WILLIAMS, J.P., ELLERIN, LERNER, ANDRIAS, FRIEDMAN, JJ.


Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The showup at the hospital where defendant was being treated was justified by the need for a prompt identification (see, People v. Santiago, 251 A.D.2d 239, lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 985).

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility and identification.

Defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment was properly denied. The People properly introduced a business record into evidence before the Grand Jury (see, People v. Guidice, 83 N.Y.2d 630). In any event, even if we were to find the record to be inadmissible, we would find that the error did not rise to the level of impairment of the integrity of the Grand Jury proceeding ( CPL 210.35[5]).

There is no reasonable view of the evidence that would have warranted submission of criminal trespass as a lesser included offense.

We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Gillard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 18, 2000
271 A.D.2d 318 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Gillard

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TIMOTHY GILLARD…

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

Date published: Apr 18, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 318 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
708 N.Y.S.2d 368

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