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People v. Patterson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 2000
270 A.D.2d 120 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Summary

In Patterson, the First Department found, specifically, that the People "provided defendant, who was at liberty, with adequate notice of two dates scheduled for the Grand Jury presentation" (at 120 [emphasis added]).

Summary of this case from People v. Leggett

Opinion

March 16, 2000

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura Drager, J., on motions; Budd Goodman, J., at jury trial), rendered November 19, 1997, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Mathew Kleiner, for Respondent.

David Samel, for Defendant-Appellant.

WILLIAMS, J.P., ELLERIN, RUBIN, SAXE, JJ.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility and identification.

Defendant was not deprived of his right to testify before the Grand Jury. The People provided defendant, who was at liberty, with adequate notice of two dates scheduled for the Grand Jury presentation (see, People v. Pugh, 207 A.D.2d 503; People v. Smith, 191 A.D.2d 598, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 1020), and are not responsible for defendant's failure to remain in touch with counsel.

Defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the Grand Jury evidence is foreclosed by statute ( CPL 210.30[6]).

Defendant's challenge to the court's charge is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would reject it.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Patterson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 16, 2000
270 A.D.2d 120 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

In Patterson, the First Department found, specifically, that the People "provided defendant, who was at liberty, with adequate notice of two dates scheduled for the Grand Jury presentation" (at 120 [emphasis added]).

Summary of this case from People v. Leggett

In Patterson, the First Department found, specifically, that the People "provided defendant, who was at liberty, with adequate notice of two dates scheduled for the Grand Jury presentation" (emphasis added, at 120).

Summary of this case from People v. Leggett
Case details for

People v. Patterson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TRENT PATTERSON…

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

Date published: Mar 16, 2000

Citations

270 A.D.2d 120 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
706 N.Y.S.2d 14

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