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People v. Lopez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 29, 2011
82 A.D.3d 1264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 2008-01345.

March 29, 2011.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hollie, J.), rendered January 22, 2008, convicting him of assault in the third degree and criminal contempt in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Anna Pervukhin of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Danielle Hartman of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Rivera, J.P., Dickerson, Eng and Lott, JJ.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that the Supreme Court deprived him of both a fair trial and his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense by precluding defense counsel from questioning a certain prosecution witness as to whether the defendant smelled of alcohol or appeared intoxicated on the night of the subject altercation ( see CPL 470.05; People v Haddock, 79 AD3d 1148; People v Bernardez, 63 AD3d 1174; People v Sims, 57 AD3d 1106, 1109), and we decline to reach it in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Furthermore, under the circumstances, defense counsel's failure to specifically object when the Supreme Court sustained the prosecutor's objections to such questions did not deprive the defendant of effective assistance of counsel ( see People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147).


Summaries of

People v. Lopez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 29, 2011
82 A.D.3d 1264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

People v. Lopez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. Luis LOPEZ, Appellant

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

Date published: Mar 29, 2011

Citations

82 A.D.3d 1264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 2700
919 N.Y.S.2d 396

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