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People v. Saez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 25, 2000
271 A.D.2d 357 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

April 25, 2000.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered June 10, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 1/2 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

John M. Moreira, for respondent.

Alan F. Katz, for defendant-appellant.

ROSENBERGER, J.P., NARDELLI, TOM, WALLACH, 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.

Since defendant's ineffective assistance claim rests on matters of trial strategy, as well as factual allegations dehors the record concerning the alleged withholding of Rosario material, such claim would require a CPL 440.10 motion in order to further develop the record. On the existing record, we find that trial counsel provided meaningful representation (see, People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714). The record does not establish, or even suggest, that trial counsel failed to acquire the Rosario document in question.

Defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would reject them.

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


Summaries of

People v. Saez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 25, 2000
271 A.D.2d 357 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Saez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SAMUEL SAEZ…

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

Date published: Apr 25, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 357 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
708 N.Y.S.2d 280