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People v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 22, 2003
308 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2000-02843

Argued September 9, 2003.

September 22, 2003.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered March 16, 2000, as amended May 15, 2000, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), criminal possession of marijuana in the fourth degree, unlawful possession of marijuana, and criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree (two counts), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

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

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, HOWARD MILLER, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment, as amended, is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

As the People correctly concede, since the record fails to indicate that the defendant executed a written document waiving his right to a jury trial in open court, the judgment, as amended, must be reversed and a new trial ordered ( see N.Y. Const, art I, § 2; CPL 320.10; People v. Baer, 265 A.D.2d 335; People v. Davidson, 136 A.D.2d 66).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.

RITTER, J.P., FEUERSTEIN, H. MILLER and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 22, 2003
308 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

People v. Lewis

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. DAVID LEWIS, appellant

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

Date published: Sep 22, 2003

Citations

308 A.D.2d 550 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
764 N.Y.S.2d 837

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