Argued March 30, 1999 Decided May 6, 1999 Judah Serfaty, for appellant. Robert A. Schwartz, for respondent. BELLACOSA, J.: This appeal stems from defendant's conviction for attempted rape and sexual abuse, each in the first degree. Defendant raises three issues: (1) the trial court's denial of his lawyer's challenge for cause of a potential juror, a New York State legislator; (2) a jury instruction defining attempt as a "substantial step" toward the completion of the crime (rather than specifying
July 13, 2000. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Hemmett Jr., J.), rendered April 9, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree. Carl J. Silverstein, Monticello, for appellant. Robert M. Winn, District Attorney (Bert Turner of counsel), Fort Edward, for respondent. Before: Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Mugglin, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Mugglin, J. Defendant, a prison inmate
KA 00-02866 February 1, 2002. Appeal from a judgment of Niagara County Court (Broderick, Sr., J.), entered October 16, 2000, convicting defendant by plea of guilty of attempted burglary in the second degree. ALAN BIRNHOLZ, AMHERST, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MATTHEW J. MURPHY, III, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (THOMAS H. BRANDT OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. PRESENT: GREEN, J.P., WISNER, SCUDDER, GORSKI, AND LAWTON, JJ. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same
No. 17519C-05. September 28, 2006. Bronx Defenders ( Robin G. Steinberg and Lily J. Shapiro of counsel), for defendant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney ( Jean Soo Park and David S. Weisel of counsel), for plaintiff. OPINION OF THE COURT JOSEPH J. DAWSON, J. Defendant moves pursuant to section 420.40 (2) of THE Criminal Procedure Law to defer payment of the mandatory surcharge, crime victim assistance fee and DNA databank fee imposed in this case (collectively the surcharges). The People take
No. 1624/2002. July 2, 2007. Kahn, J. Crimes — Sentence — Mandatory Surcharge — Deferral. Criminal Procedure Law — § 420.40 (Deferral of mandatory surcharge; financial hardship hearings).
May 15, 2008. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, J.), rendered December 7, 2006, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 1½ years, unanimously affirmed. Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Buckley, Sweeny and Renwick, JJ. The imposition of mandatory surcharges and fees by way of court documents, but without mention in the court's oral pronouncement
No. 1394–2010. 2012-07-2 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, v. David COFFMAN, Defendant. Robert T. Johnson, Esq., District Attorney, Bronx County, (Jennetta G. Philbert, Esq., of Counsel), for the People of the State of New York. David Coffman, Pro Se. DOMINIC R. MASSARO Robert T. Johnson, Esq., District Attorney, Bronx County, (Jennetta G. Philbert, Esq., of Counsel), for the People of the State of New York. David Coffman, Pro Se. DOMINIC R. MASSARO, J. Pursuant to CPL § 420.40, Defendant David