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People v. Ransom

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 19, 1996
226 A.D.2d 1066 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

April 19, 1996

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

Present — Pine, J.P., Lawton, Wesley, Balio and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant failed to preserve for our review her contentions that she was denied a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct during summation ( see, People v. Balls, 69 N.Y.2d 641, 642), that Supreme Court committed reversible error in failing to charge accomplice corroboration ( see, People v. James, 75 N.Y.2d 874, 875), and that she was denied her statutory right to a speedy trial because she was not arraigned on the indictment within the six-month statutory period ( see, People v. Luperon, 85 N.Y.2d 71, 77-78). We decline to exercise our power to review those contentions as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice ( see, CPL 470.15 [a]).

There is no merit to defendant's contention that the court erred in admitting into evidence a telephone answering machine tape ( see, People v. Ely, 68 N.Y.2d 520, 527-528; People v McGee, 49 N.Y.2d 48, 59-60, cert denied sub nom. Waters v. New York 446 U.S. 942). Lastly, defendant contends that the court erred in denying her motion to dismiss the indictment on statutory speedy trial grounds based on the People's delay in providing the court with the Grand Jury minutes in response to a motion made by the codefendant. We disagree. That delay had no bearing on the People's readiness for trial in the present case ( see generally, People v. McKenna, 76 N.Y.2d 59, 63-64), and defendant concedes that she sought neither inspection of the Grand Jury minutes nor dismissal of the indictment based on the insufficiency of the Grand Jury minutes ( see, CPL 210.30).


Summaries of

People v. Ransom

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 19, 1996
226 A.D.2d 1066 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Ransom

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CLARISSA RANSOM…

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

Date published: Apr 19, 1996

Citations

226 A.D.2d 1066 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
642 N.Y.S.2d 104