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People v. Joseph

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 18, 2002
295 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

2000-07334

Submitted April 23, 2002.

June 18, 2002.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Leventhal, J.), rendered March 23, 2000, convicting him of conspiracy in the second degree (two counts), criminal contempt in the first degree (eight counts), and criminal contempt in the second degree (four counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Arza Feldman, Hauppauge, N.Y., for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Florence M. Sullivan of counsel), for respondent.

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.


ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the People failed to establish his guilt of conspiracy in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05; People v. Balls, 69 N.Y.2d 641, 642). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620, 621), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The People demonstrated that the defendant, while in prison, recruited a person to kill the complainant in exchange for a Rolex watch, two television sets, and $1,000. The defendant provided that person with pieces of paper which purportedly contained, inter alia, the complainant's telephone number and address. In an audio tape recording, the defendant informed that person where he could locate the gun that was to be used for the killing. This evidence established the defendant's guilt of conspiracy in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v. Rolle, 282 A.D.2d 624).

The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.

RITTER, J.P., SMITH, LUCIANO and CRANE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Joseph

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 18, 2002
295 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Joseph

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. JEREMIAH JOSEPH, appellant

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

Date published: Jun 18, 2002

Citations

295 A.D.2d 536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
744 N.Y.S.2d 446

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