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People v. Glenn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 23, 1988
140 A.D.2d 623 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

May 23, 1988

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find, as did the hearing court, that the defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the location of his arrest, to wit, his mother's apartment, since he had moved out of that apartment three months prior to his arrest, did not retain a room there and kept no possessions there (see, People v Ponder, 54 N.Y.2d 160; People v Scott, 124 A.D.2d 684, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 833). Accordingly, the defendant lacked standing to challenge any potential Fourth Amendment violations.

In any event, assuming, arguendo, that the defendant did possess the requisite standing to contest the propriety of the police actions, the record reveals that the entry by the police into the residence where the defendant was apprehended was effectuated pursuant to the consent of his mother.

The defendant's assertion that the prosecutor vouched for the credibility of the complaining witness and thereby deprived him of a fair trial is equally unavailing. Under the circumstances, the prosecutor's remark that the complaining witness had no motive to lie was an appropriate and fair response to the comments made by defense counsel during summation which challenged the credibility of the complaining witness (see, People v Oakley, 114 A.D.2d 473, lv denied 66 N.Y.2d 921). Lawrence, J.P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Glenn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 23, 1988
140 A.D.2d 623 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)
Case details for

People v. Glenn

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RECCO GLENN, Appellant

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

Date published: May 23, 1988

Citations

140 A.D.2d 623 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

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