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People v. Morton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 3, 1986
117 A.D.2d 631 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

February 3, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agresta, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant failed to raise at trial his objections to the adequacy and content of the jury instructions and accordingly has not preserved his claims for appellate review (see, People v Colon, 54 N.Y.2d 913; People v. Smith, 87 A.D.2d 640). In any event, a jury instruction which outlines a permissive inference of intent from conduct, based on all the circumstances, is proper (see, People v. Getch, 50 N.Y.2d 456). Further there is no general requirement that the court specifically relate intoxication to the particular intent requirement of each of the crimes charged (see, People v. Holliday, 38 N.Y.2d 763; People v. Leary, 64 A.D.2d 825).

Any issue with respect to the conduct of the court during the trial was also not preserved for review since trial counsel made no objection whatsoever to the remarks now challenged. Where defense counsel believes the Trial Judge has interfered or prejudiced the defendant's case by his conduct, counsel has the responsibility of making objection at trial in some form to give the Judge an opportunity to correct the problem (see, People v Charleston, 56 N.Y.2d 886). In any event, upon this record, the court's remarks did not prejudice defendant.

Finally, it is well settled that the granting or denial of an adjournment by a Trial Judge is a matter of discretion (see, People v. Singleton, 41 N.Y.2d 402). In the instant case, under all the circumstances, the court, after granting an initial continuance, was justified in declining to grant defendant a second adjournment of the trial in order to enable him to produce a witness. Gibbons, J.P., Weinstein, Eiber and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Morton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 3, 1986
117 A.D.2d 631 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Morton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GERARD MORTON…

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

Date published: Feb 3, 1986

Citations

117 A.D.2d 631 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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