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People v. Harris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 29, 1996
229 A.D.2d 595 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

July 29, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lakritz, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and vacating the sentence imposed on all counts; as so modified the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for resentencing for murder in the second degree and burglary in the first degree (two counts).

As the hearing court noted in its decision, the "sole argument advanced by the defendant" in support of his application to suppress his statements was "that the statements were allegedly obtained in violation of his constitutionally protected right to counsel, as codified by the Rogers-Bartolomeo rule (48 N.Y.2d [167]; 53 N.Y.2d 225)". The defendant's claim that his right to counsel was violated on that ground is without merit (see, People v. Bing, 76 N.Y.2d 331, overruling People v. Bartolomeo, 53 N.Y.2d 225), and his remaining contentions with respect to the admissibility of the statements are unpreserved for appellate review.

The defendant's conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree must be vacated since this count was dismissed prior to trial (see, People v. Boston, 75 N.Y.2d 585, 587). The defendant's contention that the inadvertent submission to the jury of that count and an intentional murder charge of which he was acquitted warrants a new trial on the remaining counts is without merit (see, People v. Brown, 83 N.Y.2d 791; People v. Grant, 210 A.D.2d 166).

This matter must be remitted for resentencing because the sentencing minutes indicate that the presentence report was not made available to defense counsel at least one day prior to sentencing and he never formally waived this requirement (see, CPL 390.50 [a]). We further note that the prosecutor at sentencing improperly referred to the results of a polygraph examination taken by the defendant's alleged accomplice (see, People v. Carmody, 213 A.D.2d 720).

The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are not preserved for appellate review, involve matters dehors the record (see, People v. Smith, 228 A.D.2d 455), or are without merit. Santucci, J.P., Altman, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Harris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 29, 1996
229 A.D.2d 595 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Harris

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DWIGHT HARRIS, Also…

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

Date published: Jul 29, 1996

Citations

229 A.D.2d 595 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
645 N.Y.S.2d 858

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