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People v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of New York.
Mar 22, 2018
31 N.Y.3d 942 (N.Y. 2018)

Opinion

No. 21

03-22-2018

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael JOHNSON, Appellant.

Michael Johnson, pro se, and Appellate Advocates, New York City (De Nice Powell and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for Michael Johnson, appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, Robert J. Masters and Joseph N. Ferdenzi of counsel), for respondent.


Michael Johnson, pro se, and Appellate Advocates, New York City (De Nice Powell and Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for Michael Johnson, appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, Robert J. Masters and Joseph N. Ferdenzi of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The Appellate Division order should be affirmed.

Defendant Michael Johnson appeals from the Appellate Division order affirming two judgments of conviction and sentence. On the facts of this case, assuming without deciding that the trial court erroneously denied defendant's motion to suppress, any such error was harmless (see People v. Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230, 367 N.Y.S.2d 213, 326 N.E.2d 787 [1975] ). Defendant's other claims of trial error and prosecutorial misconduct are without merit (see CPL 240.50 ; People v. Almodovar, 62 N.Y.2d 126, 133, 476 N.Y.S.2d 95, 464 N.E.2d 463 [1984] ; People v. Davis, 58 N.Y.2d 1102, 1104, 462 N.Y.S.2d 816, 449 N.E.2d 710 [1983] ).

Order affirmed, in a memorandum.

Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.


Summaries of

People v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of New York.
Mar 22, 2018
31 N.Y.3d 942 (N.Y. 2018)
Case details for

People v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael JOHNSON…

Court:Court of Appeals of New York.

Date published: Mar 22, 2018

Citations

31 N.Y.3d 942 (N.Y. 2018)
73 N.Y.S.3d 113
96 N.E.3d 209

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