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People v. Tran

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 15, 2003
308 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

2001-07192, 2002-03676

Argued June 16, 2003.

September 15, 2003.

Appeals by the defendant (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered July 16, 2001, convicting him of assault in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2), by permission, from an order of the same court dated April 1, 2002, which denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction.

Richard Ware Levitt, New York, N.Y. (Michael K. Bachrach of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Noreen Healey of counsel), for respondent.

Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, STEPHEN G. CRANE, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment and the order are affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the People committed a Brady violation ( see Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83) by failing to provide certain police reports is without merit. The subject police reports did not constitute Brady material, as the defendant was aware of the facts set forth in the police reports ( see People v. Banks, 130 A.D.2d 498, 499). Further, the defendant failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that the police reports constituted newly-discovered evidence, as such evidence was merely cumulative and only served to bolster the testimony of the defendant at the trial ( see People v. Latella, 112 A.D.2d 321, 323).

The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review ( see CPL 470.05; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245, 250, 250), and, in any event, are without merit.

FLORIO, J.P., SCHMIDT, CRANE and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Tran

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Sep 15, 2003
308 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

People v. Tran

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. RICKY TRAN, appellant

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

Date published: Sep 15, 2003

Citations

308 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
764 N.Y.S.2d 636

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