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People v. Hylor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 1996
224 A.D.2d 546 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

February 13, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gerges, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Because the complainant specifically identified several of the items recovered from the defendant as belonging to him, and testified that the other items were similar to, and in the same condition as, items stolen from his shop, the court did not err in admitting the items into evidence (see, People v. Branch, 161 A.D.2d 776, 777; People v. Weiler, 194 A.D.2d 894, 895). Moreover, "[u]ncertainties as to the identification of [objects associated with a crime] go to [their] weight, not to [their] admissibility" (People v. Sandy, 187 A.D.2d 466). Nor did the court err in declining to charge trespass as a lesser-included offense of burglary in the third degree as there was no reasonable view of the evidence upon which the jury could have concluded that he "committed such lesser offense but did not commit the greater" (CPL 300.50).

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).

The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Mangano, P.J., Miller, Thompson and Joy, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Hylor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 13, 1996
224 A.D.2d 546 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Hylor

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TORIN HYLOR, Appellant

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

Date published: Feb 13, 1996

Citations

224 A.D.2d 546 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
638 N.Y.S.2d 343