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People v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 2008
48 A.D.3d 1095 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. KA 06-03286.

February 1, 2008.

Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Mark H. Fandrich, J.), rendered August 8, 2006. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the second degree (two counts).

DAVID P. ELKOVITCH, AUBURN, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JAMES B. VARGASON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Before: Hurlbutt, J.P., Smith, Fahey, Peradotto and Pine, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05), defendant contends that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial and his due process right to prompt prosecution. Defendant failed to move to dismiss the indictment on those grounds, however, and thus failed to preserve that contention for our review ( see People v Cedeno, 52 NY2d 847; People v Peck, 31 AD3d 1216, lv denied 9 NY3d 992; People v Robinson, 1 AD3d 1019, 1020, lv denied 2 NY3d 745; People v Dewitt, 295 AD2d 937, 938, lv denied 98 NY2d 709, 767). "In any event, review of the constitutional issue[s] is precluded by the lack of an adequate record[,] which it was defendant's burden to provide" ( People v James, 188 AD2d 296; see Dewitt, 295 AD2d at 938).

Finally, we note that the certificate of conviction incorrectly reflects that defendant was convicted of two counts of assault on a peace officer (Penal Law § 120.08), and it must therefore be amended to reflect that he was convicted of two counts of assault in the second degree (§ 120.05 [7]; see generally People v Saxton, 32 AD3d 1286).


Summaries of

People v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 2008
48 A.D.3d 1095 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THERNELL SMITH…

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

Date published: Feb 1, 2008

Citations

48 A.D.3d 1095 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 835
849 N.Y.S.2d 851

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