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People v. Greene

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 29, 1993
195 A.D.2d 888 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

July 29, 1993

Appeal from the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.).


Defendant opened a checking account at the Columbia Banking Federal Savings and Loan Association in the City of Elmira, Chemung County, using a $3,000 check drawn on his closed account with Sun Bank in Florida. He thereafter deposited in his account at Columbia a similar check drawn on Sun Bank in the sum of $2,500 and subsequently deposited two other worthless checks totaling $5,000, drawn on Chase Lincoln Bank in Rochester. Ultimately, defendant caused Columbia to pay to himself or on his behalf checks totaling $3,550. This appeal is from defendant's conviction after trial on the charge of grand larceny in the third degree.

We find no merit in defendant's contention that the indictment was invalid because the Grand Jury did not use the formal and technically correct name of the victim bank, i.e., Columbia Banking Federal Savings and Loan Association. The indictment was sufficiently precise to fully apprise defendant of the specific criminal conduct with which he was charged and to bar a subsequent prosecution for the same conduct (see, People v Morris, 61 N.Y.2d 290). Similarly, the indictment clearly indicated that the crime occurred within Elmira, which vested the County Court of Chemung County with geographical jurisdiction of the crime (see, People v. Moore, 46 N.Y.2d 1, 6-7).

Defendant also contends that he was not notified of the precise time when the case would be presented to the Grand Jury and a precise deadline within which to notify the prosecutor of his intention to exercise his right to appear and testify. Contrary to defendant's argument, CPL 190.50 (5) (a) merely requires the prosecutor to notify defendant or his counsel of the prospective Grand Jury proceeding and to accord defendant a reasonable time in which to exercise his right to appear. The record supports County Court's finding that notice to defense counsel was timely and that defendant had a reasonable time in which to exercise his right to testify (see, People v. Helm, 51 N.Y.2d 853).

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v. Malizia, 62 N.Y.2d 755, 757, cert denied 469 U.S. 932), we find that the evidence meets both the "sufficiency of the evidence" and the "weight of the evidence" standards and fully supports the conviction (see, People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490, 495). Defendant presents a history of several prior felony convictions and has not demonstrated any extraordinary circumstances or offered any tenable explanation for his conduct. We find that he has failed to support his contention that a 2 1/2 to 5-year sentence for a class D felony is harsh and excessive under the circumstances presented here and therefore find no reason to disturb that sentence.

Mikoll, Crew III, Mahoney and Casey, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Greene

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 29, 1993
195 A.D.2d 888 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Greene

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TONY L. GREENE…

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

Date published: Jul 29, 1993

Citations

195 A.D.2d 888 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
601 N.Y.S.2d 966

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