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People v. Pinchbeck

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 21, 1994
209 A.D.2d 644 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

November 21, 1994

Appeal from the County Court, Putnam County (Sweeny, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly refused to charge the lesser-included offense of criminal trespass in the third degree since there was no rational basis for the jury to acquit the defendant of the burglary charge but convict him of criminal trespass (see, People v. Camacho, 134 A.D.2d 441).

The defendant's challenge to the trial court's failure to give a jury charge on intoxication is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05). In any event, the defendant's claim is without merit. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant (see, People v. Farnsworth, 65 N.Y.2d 734), there was insufficient evidence of the defendant's intoxication for a reasonable person to have entertained a doubt as to the defendant's ability to form an intent (see, People v. Gaines, 83 N.Y.2d 925; People v. Perry, 61 N.Y.2d 849).

Finally, it is clear from the trial court's language that it intended to sentence the defendant to the maximum sentence of one year for the criminal mischief conviction, to run concurrently with the indeterminate 2-1/3 to 7-year sentence imposed for the burglary conviction (see, CPL 145.00). This was a separate and distinct pronouncement, complying with CPL 380.20. Sullivan, J.P., Rosenblatt, Pizzuto and Altman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pinchbeck

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 21, 1994
209 A.D.2d 644 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

People v. Pinchbeck

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN PINCHBECK…

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

Date published: Nov 21, 1994

Citations

209 A.D.2d 644 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
619 N.Y.S.2d 659

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