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People v. Yakoumakis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 11, 1989
156 A.D.2d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

December 11, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Posner, J.).


Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

The defendant contends that his marital privilege of confidential communication (see, CPLR 4502 [b]; CPL 60.10) was violated when the court permitted his wife to testify that on the night of the murder she observed the defendant remove his bloodied clothing, place it in a paper bag and shower himself, whereupon she disposed of the bag in a nearby sewer. Initially, we note that acts as well as words may be the subject of a confidential communication between spouses (see, People v Wilson, 64 N.Y.2d 634; People v Daghita, 299 N.Y. 194). Nonetheless, at the trial, the defendant objected only to that portion of his wife's testimony which concerned statements which he had made to her. Therefore, the claim advanced on appeal is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v West, 56 N.Y.2d 662) and we decline to reach it in the interest of justice.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, we find that the sentence imposed for murder in the second degree was appropriate under the circumstances of this case (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Rubin and Spatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Yakoumakis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 11, 1989
156 A.D.2d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Yakoumakis

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR YAKOUMAKIS…

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

Date published: Dec 11, 1989

Citations

156 A.D.2d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
548 N.Y.S.2d 576

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