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People v. Velilla

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 16, 2001
285 A.D.2d 565 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted June 7, 2001.

July 16, 2001.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered March 1, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Robin C. Smith, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Victor Barall of counsel), for respondent.

Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., HOWARD MILLER, NANCY E. SMITH, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court properly denied his request to submit the charges of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree to the jury as lesser-included offenses. Grand larceny in the fourth degree is not a lesser-included offense of robbery in the first degree since it is theoretically possible to commit robbery in the first degree (see, Penal Law 160.15) without concomitantly committing grand larceny in the fourth degree (see, Penal Law 155.30), if no property is taken from the person who is the victim (see, CPL 1.20; People v. Freeman, 117 A.D.2d 677).

Moreover, the trial court properly refused to charge the crime of robbery in the third degree as a lesser-included offense of robbery in the first degree, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that the defendant committed the lesser offense but not the greater (see, People v. Green, 56 N.Y.2d 427, 430; People v. D'Mecca, 186 A.D.2d 463, 464).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.

ALTMAN, J.P., H. MILLER, SMITH and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Velilla

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 16, 2001
285 A.D.2d 565 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Velilla

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. WILLIAM VELILLA, appellant

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

Date published: Jul 16, 2001

Citations

285 A.D.2d 565 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
728 N.Y.S.2d 84

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