Nos. 5379, 2281. June 21, 2011. Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard L. Price, J., at Singer hearing; Caesar D., J., at nonjury trial and sentencing), rendered September 12, 2006, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed. Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Jeffrey Dellheim of counsel), for appellant. Robert Nazario, appellant pro se. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Karen Swiger of
February 22, 1996 Appeal from the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.). Casey, J.Page 839 Defendant contends that County Court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the indictment, which charged him with the crime of arson in the fourth degree, due to the more than four-year delay from the date of the crime until the date of the indictment. Initially, we note that although a guilty plea effects a forfeiture of the right to renew many arguments made before the plea, defendant's claim
March 29, 2001. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J. on Singer motion; Mary McGowan Davis, J. on Wilkins motion, jury trial and sentence), rendered June 9, 1997, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to consecutive terms of 25 years to life and 12½ to 25 years, respectively, and order, same court (John Stackhouse, J.), entered on or about November 29, 1999, which denied
(1503) KA 01-00912 December 21, 2001. (Appeal from Judgment of Steuben County Court, Furfure, J. — Attempted Perjury, 1st Degree.) PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., GREEN, PINE, HAYES AND HURLBUTT, JJ. Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, motion granted, indictment dismissed and matter remitted to Steuben County Court for proceedings pursuant to CPL 470.45. Memorandum: County Court erred in denying the motion of defendant seeking dismissal of the indictment on the ground that preindictment delay deprived
Submitted April 27, 1999 June 7, 1999 Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Corso, J.), dated August 7, 1997, which granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that preindictment delay deprived him of due process. James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Jacqueline M. Dudley, Guy Arcidiacono, and Brian Grauer of counsel), for appellant. GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, NANCY E. SMITH,
April 8, 1988 Appeal from the Niagara County Court, Hannigan, J. Present — Doerr, J.P., Boomer, Green, Lawton and Davis, JJ. Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: On appeal from convictions of two counts of felony murder and related crimes, defendant raises several claims, none requiring reversal. Defendant's primary claim is that the trial court erred in failing to charge that the testimony of an alleged accomplice must be