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People v. Hines

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 11, 1991
170 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

February 11, 1991

Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Belfi, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred by granting the People's application to amend the Huntley hearing transcript, wherein it was stated that Detective Dobies testified that the defendant was wearing red sweatpants, to read that the defendant was wearing gray sweatpants. We disagree. "It is well settled that courts possess `inherent power to correct their records, where the correction relates to mistakes, or error, which may be termed clerical in their nature, or where it is made in order to conform the record to the truth'" (People v Minaya, 54 N.Y.2d 360, 364, cert denied 455 U.S. 1024, quoting Bohlen v Metropolitan El. Ry. Co., 121 N.Y. 546, 550-551; see also, People v Bryant, 134 Misc.2d 995).

We have examined the defendant's remaining contention and find that it does not warrant reversal. Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Sullivan and Miller, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Hines

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 11, 1991
170 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Hines

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CLIFTON HINES…

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

Date published: Feb 11, 1991

Citations

170 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)