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People v. Miller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 14, 1986
123 A.D.2d 721 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

October 14, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (McNab, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly admitted into evidence testimony regarding the defendant's use of an alias, as such testimony is evidence of his consciousness of guilt, and the court gave a limiting instruction regarding the probative value of that evidence (see, People v Yazum, 13 N.Y.2d 302). Furthermore, the People were not required to serve the defendant with notice of their intent to offer into evidence testimony that the defendant gave a fictitious name to the arresting officers, since such information was of a pedigree nature and therefore not properly subject to a motion to suppress under CPL 60.45 (CPL 710.20, 710.30 Crim. Proc. [1] [a]; People v Rodriquez, 39 N.Y.2d 976; People v Rivera, 26 N.Y.2d 304).

In addition, the trial court's instruction to the jury that the complainant's condominium is a dwelling as a matter of law did not constitute reversible error, as that fact was not disputed throughout the trial and the defendant neither asked to have that issue submitted to the jury nor objected to the charge as given (see, People v Walker, 198 N.Y. 329; cf. People v Lewis, 64 N.Y.2d 1031; People v Jackerson, 247 N.Y. 36, rearg denied 248 N.Y. 503).

We have considered the defendant's contentions regarding his adjudication as a persistent felony offender and the sentence imposed pursuant thereto, and find them to be without merit. Lazer, J.P., Mangano, Bracken and Niehoff, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Miller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 14, 1986
123 A.D.2d 721 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Miller

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES MILLER, Also…

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

Date published: Oct 14, 1986

Citations

123 A.D.2d 721 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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