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People v. Nowak

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 7, 1984
105 A.D.2d 1130 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

Opinion

November 7, 1984

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Kasler, J.

Present — Hancock, Jr., J.P., Callahan, Doerr, Denman and Moule, JJ.


Judgment unanimously modified, on the law, in accordance with memorandum, and, as modified, affirmed and defendant remanded to Supreme Court, Erie County, for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendant's conviction for possession of burglar's tools, based on his possession of a duplicate key, must be reversed ( People v Baer, 96 A.D.2d 717). Furthermore, the court erred in sentencing defendant as a second felony offender without conducting a hearing after defendant asserted that his earlier conviction had been obtained in violation of his constitutional rights (CPL 400.21, subds 5, 7, par [b]; People v Lee, 97 A.D.2d 946). That shortly before his sentencing, defendant's CPL article 440 motion before another court challenging the earlier conviction was denied is of no moment. The record before us is silent as to what transpired before the CPL article 440 court. The summary denial of defendant's request for a hearing pursuant to CPL 400.21 precludes an informed review by this court of defendant's claim.

We find the court's refusal to charge the statutory definitions of "deprive" and "appropriate" (Penal Law, § 155.00, subds 3, 4) to have been error (see People v Blacknall, 63 N.Y.2d 912), although harmless in view of the overwhelming proof of guilt ( People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230). Defendant's remaining assertions of error are without merit.


Summaries of

People v. Nowak

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 7, 1984
105 A.D.2d 1130 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)
Case details for

People v. Nowak

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DANIEL NOWAK, Appellant

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

Date published: Nov 7, 1984

Citations

105 A.D.2d 1130 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

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