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People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 10, 1987
134 A.D.2d 915 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

November 10, 1987

Appeal from the Niagara County Court, DiFlorio, J.

Present — Callahan, J.P., Denman, Boomer, Green and Balio, JJ.


Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, defendant's major claims are that the trial court erred in permitting the People to introduce, on rebuttal, testimony of his previously suppressed oral statement to a police detective and in failing to instruct the jury that such testimony could be considered only on the issue of defendant's credibility. Neither claim requires reversal. A statement obtained in violation of a defendant's right to counsel may be used for impeachment on rebuttal, provided the defendant is informed of the circumstances surrounding the making of the statement and is asked whether he in fact made it (People v. Maerling, 64 N.Y.2d 134; People v Washington, 51 N.Y.2d 214; People v. Wise, 46 N.Y.2d 321, 326). A proper foundation was established for the rebuttal testimony. Defendant made no request for limiting instructions relating to such testimony and we decline to reach the issue in the interest of justice (cf., People v. Grainger, 114 A.D.2d 285, 290; People v. Gold, 57 A.D.2d 575). We have considered defendant's remaining claims preserved for review and find that none requires a reversal.

Since it is not clear whether defendant was being sentenced as a second felony offender or as a second violent felony offender and since the court mistakenly assumed that the minimum sentence was a term of 9 to 18 years (Penal Law § 70.04 [a]; [4]), we vacate the sentence imposed and defendant is remanded for resentencing.


Summaries of

People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 10, 1987
134 A.D.2d 915 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Jones

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TERRANCE JONES…

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

Date published: Nov 10, 1987

Citations

134 A.D.2d 915 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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