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People v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 5, 1997
239 A.D.2d 361 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

May 5, 1997

Appeal from County Court, Westchester County (LaCava, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the trial court permissibly declined to impose a sanction based upon the unavailability of certain tape recordings of phone calls made to the 911 police emergency phone number. The tapes in question were destroyed pursuant to routine police procedure before the defendant requested them. Under these circumstances, there is no evidence of bad faith by the prosecution ( see, People v. Segui, 208 A.D.2d 447; People v. Diggs, 185 A.D.2d 990, 991; People v Hyde, 172 A.D.2d 305).

The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review ( see, CPL 470.05; People v. Belgrave, 209 A.D.2d 629) or lacking in merit ( see, People v. Wright, 217 A.D.2d 675; People v. Brunner, 209 A.D.2d 532; People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).

Miller, J.P., Ritter, Thompson and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 5, 1997
239 A.D.2d 361 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TONY JOHNSON, Also…

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

Date published: May 5, 1997

Citations

239 A.D.2d 361 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
657 N.Y.S.2d 200

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