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People v. Bell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 25, 2002
299 A.D.2d 557 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

2001-07118

Argued November 4, 2002.

November 25, 2002.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered July 24, 2001, convicting him of rape in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Adam Seiden, Mount Vernon, N.Y., for appellant.

Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Sara Jones Smith and Lois Cullen Valerio of counsel), for respondent.

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, HOWARD MILLER, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that DNA evidence should not have been admitted without a statistical analysis is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05). In any event, the contention is without merit. Here, as in People v. Watley ( 245 A.D.2d 323), the People's DNA expert did not testify that the defendant's DNA matched the DNA found in the samples collected from the victim. Rather, she testified, in effect, that the defendant was a possible donor for those samples.

The defendant also contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. After a review of the record in its entirety and without giving undue significance to retrospective analysis, we are satisfied that the defendant received the effective assistance of counsel (see People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137; People v. Myers, 220 A.D.2d 461).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.

RITTER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, H. MILLER and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Bell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 25, 2002
299 A.D.2d 557 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

People v. Bell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. PAUL BELL, appellant

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

Date published: Nov 25, 2002

Citations

299 A.D.2d 557 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
750 N.Y.S.2d 509

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