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People v. Roberts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 2005
23 A.D.3d 245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

7062.

November 15, 2005.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered January 14, 2004, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4½ to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Laura R. Johnson, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Jeffrey I. Richman of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Benjamin Cheeks of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Sullivan, Williams and Malone, JJ., concur.


The court properly denied defendant's initial and subsequent suppression motions without a hearing. We note that the felony complaint, indictment, voluntary disclosure form and arraignment transcript provided defendant with enough information upon which to make a proper suppression motion ( see People v. Mendoza, 82 NY2d 415). Although in his initial papers defendant asserted that he did not match the description transmitted by the observing officer, his factual allegations were insufficient ( see People v. Jones, 95 NY2d 721, 729). Although defendant raised other suppression theories in his renewal motions (denominated reargument motions), he did not set forth any additional pertinent facts that he could not have discovered with reasonable diligence prior to the determination of the first motion ( see CPL 710.40; People v. Washington, 238 AD2d 43, lv denied 91 NY2d 1014).


Summaries of

People v. Roberts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 2005
23 A.D.3d 245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

People v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MARLON ROBERTS…

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

Date published: Nov 15, 2005

Citations

23 A.D.3d 245 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8654
805 N.Y.S.2d 43

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