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People v. Kitchen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 12, 1990
162 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

June 12, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin R. Weissberg, J.).


Defendant's pretrial motion to suppress physical evidence was properly denied, without a hearing, since his motion papers failed to allege sufficient facts showing that the property sought to be suppressed had been obtained by the prosecution under circumstances precluding its admission at trial. (People v Covington, 144 A.D.2d 238.) His totally conclusory claims failed to set forth factual allegations with respect to his or the police officers' conduct and did not conform to the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Law. (Supra, at 238; CPL 710.20; 710.60 [1], [3] [b]; see also, People v. Reynolds, 71 N.Y.2d 552, 558.) Defendant claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel, but has failed to demonstrate that counsel failed to provide "meaningful representation". (People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147.) Similarly, defendant lodges only a conclusory argument, on appeal, in support of the claim that the People introduced perjurious testimony at trial, because of an officer's inconsistent Grand Jury testimony. The fact of an inconsistency alone does not warrant such a conclusion, especially when the inconsistency is brought to the attention of the trier of the facts, in this case the court, and there is no evidence to suggest that the People otherwise suppressed Rosario material to which defendant was entitled. Defendant's remaining arguments have been considered and found to be without merit.

Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Asch, Wallach, Smith and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Kitchen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 12, 1990
162 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Kitchen

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THOMAS KITCHEN…

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

Date published: Jun 12, 1990

Citations

162 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
556 N.Y.S.2d 311

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