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People v. Thomas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 25, 1977
58 A.D.2d 899 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)

Opinion

July 25, 1977


Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered September 22, 1976, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. While there were some errors committed during the trial, none were of a prejudicial nature warranting a reversal (see People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230). We again call the attention of the trial bench to the mandate of CPL 710.60 (subd 6), which requires a hearing court to set forth for the record the reasons for its determination on a motion to suppress. That was not done in this case but the omission is not fatal if there is "a full and fair hearing on the motion to suppress and the record itself serves as an ample basis for review of the determination which was made" (People v Russo, 45 A.D.2d 1040). That is the case here. Furthermore, this court is empowered to make such findings (CPL 470.15, subd 1) if necessary. Latham, J.P., Shapiro, Hawkins and Suozzi, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Thomas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 25, 1977
58 A.D.2d 899 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)
Case details for

People v. Thomas

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM THOMAS…

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

Date published: Jul 25, 1977

Citations

58 A.D.2d 899 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)

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