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People v. White

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 14, 1989
149 A.D.2d 939 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

April 14, 1989

Appeal from the Monroe County Court, Maloy, J.

Present — Dillon, P.J., Callahan, Denman, Green and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that his conviction of two counts of sodomy in the third degree is not supported by legally sufficient evidence that defendant was "twenty-one years old or more" (Penal Law § 130.40) when he engaged in deviate sexual intercourse with his 16-year-old daughter. We disagree. Contrary to defendant's claim, the trial court properly admitted the testimony regarding his age given by his two teen-age daughters (see, People v. Patterson, 149 A.D.2d 966; Richardson, Evidence, §§ 361, 364 et seq. [Prince 10th ed]; 58 N.Y. Jur 2d, Evidence, § 726). Moreover, the trial court properly received in evidence the defendant's statement of his age given to a police officer who elicited pedigree information. The People were not required to serve serve the defendant with notice of their intent to offer into evidence his statement concerning his age because this information related to pedigree and therefore was not properly subject to a motion to suppress pursuant to 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; People v. Miller, 123 A.D.2d 721, lv denied sub nom. People v. Keating, 70 N.Y.2d 933).


Summaries of

People v. White

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 14, 1989
149 A.D.2d 939 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. White

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MORRIS WHITE, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 14, 1989

Citations

149 A.D.2d 939 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
540 N.Y.S.2d 73

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