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People v. McDaniel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 11, 1990
161 A.D.2d 1125 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

May 11, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Marshall, J.

Present — Callahan, J.P., Denman, Pine, Balio and Davis, JJ.


Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendant contends that his waiver of trial by jury is invalid because the waiver was not executed in "open court" as required by NY Constitution, article I, § 2 and CPL 320.10 (2). The validity of that contention cannot be determined on this record and must be established, "if at all, by facts outside the trial record in a proceeding maintainable under CPL 440.10" (People v. Johnson, 51 N.Y.2d 986, 988; see also, People v. Magnano, 158 A.D.2d 979).

The court erred in ordering that the sentence imposed on defendant's conviction for unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree (Penal Law § 165.08) be served consecutively to the sentences of robbery in the first and second degrees and attempted sodomy in the first degree. Commission of a class A, B, C or D felony is a material element of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree; thus, the sentences must be served concurrently (Penal Law § 70.25; see, People v Catone, 65 N.Y.2d 1003; People v. Coleman, 138 A.D.2d 963, lv denied 72 N.Y.2d 857).

We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be lacking in merit.


Summaries of

People v. McDaniel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 11, 1990
161 A.D.2d 1125 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. McDaniel

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES E. McDANIEL…

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

Date published: May 11, 1990

Citations

161 A.D.2d 1125 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
555 N.Y.S.2d 498

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