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People v. Lavender

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 15, 1976
54 A.D.2d 947 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)

Opinion

November 15, 1976


Appeal by defendant from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 12, 1976, convicting him of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, making an apparently sworn false statement in the first degree and violating subdivision 1 of section B32-358.0 ["Prohibited acts"] of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (three counts pertaining to the abandonment of a home improvement contract or project and one count pertaining to the deviation from the plans and specifications of a home improvement contract), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence, and (2) a decision of the same court, dated January 12, 1976, which denied his application to set aside the convictions. Appeal from the decision dismissed. No appeal lies from a decision. Judgment modified, on the facts, by reversing the conviction under subdivision 1 of section B32-358.0 of the Administrative Code which pertains to the deviation from the plans and specifications of a home improvement contract, and the sentence imposed thereon, and the said count is dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed. The People failed to establish that defendant deviated from any specific "plans or specifications" of the contract (see Administrative Code, § B32-358.0, subd 1; cf. Fowler v Bushby, 69 Misc. 341). Latham, Acting P.J., Cohalan, Damiani, Shapiro and Titone, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Lavender

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 15, 1976
54 A.D.2d 947 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)
Case details for

People v. Lavender

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BERNARD LAVENDER…

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

Date published: Nov 15, 1976

Citations

54 A.D.2d 947 (N.Y. App. Div. 1976)