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People v. Patino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 1, 1999
259 A.D.2d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

March 1, 1999

Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Mackston, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the verdict is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Nassau County, for sentencing on the convictions of grand larceny in the third degree and defrauding the government.

A trial court is permitted to set aside a verdict only on a ground which, if raised on appeal, would require reversal as a matter of law ( see, CPL 330.30). For the defendant to properly preserve his claim for appellate review, he must have raised it prior to the discharge of the jury ( see, People v. Thomas, 242 A.D.2d 281; People v. James, 112 A.D.2d 380). Here, the defendant's general motion to dismiss the case against him failed to preserve a specific legal issue for appellate review ( see, CPL 470.05; People v. Thomas, supra). Therefore, the trial court was without authority to set aside the verdict.

In any event, the trial court erred in finding that because the defendant followed administrative procedures he therefore was entitled to the sick leave benefits afforded under such procedures. The evidence established that the defendant intentionally and wrongfully obtained more than $3000 in sick leave benefits from the Police Department by fraudulently misrepresenting his ailments or illnesses.

Bracken, J. P., Santucci, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Patino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 1, 1999
259 A.D.2d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People v. Patino

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. ROBERT PATINO…

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

Date published: Mar 1, 1999

Citations

259 A.D.2d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
687 N.Y.S.2d 636

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