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People v. Martorell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 20, 2008
49 A.D.3d 426 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3128.

March 20, 2008.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. FitzGerald, J.), rendered March 30, 2006, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Lauren Springer of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Lucy Jane Lang of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Catterson and Moskowitz, JJ.


The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbing the hearing court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record ( People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761). The police witness's account of the incident was plausible, and it does not cast doubt on his credibility.


Summaries of

People v. Martorell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 20, 2008
49 A.D.3d 426 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Martorell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR MARTORELL…

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

Date published: Mar 20, 2008

Citations

49 A.D.3d 426 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 2633
853 N.Y.S.2d 345

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