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People v. Leon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 26, 1985
115 A.D.2d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

December 26, 1985

Appeal from the County Court of Schoharie County (Lamont, J.).


The proof at trial established that defendant had been placed in a locked room in the Admissions Building at Camp Summit detention facility while he was confined to said facility, that he broke open the lock to the door of that room, that he left the Admissions Building without permission and was later found hidden in a dump truck on the facility grounds. There was also testimony that someone had tampered with the ignition wires on the dump truck.

Defendant argues that (1) the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to sustain the conviction for the crime of attempted escape in the first degree; (2) the trial court improperly allowed the date of the commission of the alleged crime to be amended from October 10, 1983 to October 18, 1983; and (3) the prosecution improperly refused to state in its bill of particulars the condition of the vehicle in which defendant was found.

The points of alleged error are not well taken, and the judgment of conviction should in all respects be affirmed. There was sufficient evidence to sustain the jury verdict. Defendant has failed to show that he sought a proper ruling on the adequacy of the bill of particulars in the trial court. Thus, that issue is not preserved for our review.

Finally, the trial court did not err in permitting the amendment of the indictment as to the date (see, People v Page, 89 A.D.2d 878, 879; People v Hamm, 5 A.D.2d 696, 697, affd 5 N.Y.2d 803). The court stated that it found the error to be typographical in nature, that it did not change the theory of the prosecution's case and that no prejudice resulted to defendant. Defendant also failed to demonstrate to the court the way in which he would be prejudiced if an adjournment was not granted and failed to specify the length of the desired adjournment.

Judgment affirmed. Mahoney, P.J., Main, Casey, Mikoll and Yesawich, Jr., JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Leon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 26, 1985
115 A.D.2d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Leon

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ISMAEL LEON, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 26, 1985

Citations

115 A.D.2d 907 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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