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People v. Saldano

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Mar 26, 2013
104 A.D.3d 582 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

Opinion

2013-03-26

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward SALDANO, Defendant–Appellant.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Martin M. Lucente of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Nicole Coviello of counsel), for respondent.



Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Martin M. Lucente of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Nicole Coviello of counsel), for respondent.
, P.J., SWEENY, RENWICK, MANZANET–DANIELS, ROMÁN, JJ.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Gregory Carro, J.), rendered May 12, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant's legal sufficiency claim is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we reject it on the merits. We also find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence ( see People v. Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348–349, 849 N.Y.S.2d 480, 880 N.E.2d 1 [2007] ). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations, and the fact that the jury acquitted defendant of charges involving rape does not warrant a different conclusion ( see People v. Rayam, 94 N.Y.2d 557, 708 N.Y.S.2d 37, 729 N.E.2d 694 [2000] ). The testimony of the officer who arrived at the scene while the incident was still in progress strongly supported the victim's claim that the sexual encounter was forcible. Defendant's challenge to the physical injury element of the assault count is unavailing ( see People v. Chiddick, 8 N.Y.3d 445, 447, 834 N.Y.S.2d 710, 866 N.E.2d 1039 [2007] ).


Summaries of

People v. Saldano

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Mar 26, 2013
104 A.D.3d 582 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
Case details for

People v. Saldano

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward SALDANO…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Mar 26, 2013

Citations

104 A.D.3d 582 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
104 A.D.3d 582
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 2010

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