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People v. Mouzon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 23, 1989
154 A.D.2d 626 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

October 23, 1989

Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Delin, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Upon this record we find that the County Court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for a severance. The defendant failed to make a proper showing that his codefendants were willing to testify in his behalf if he were tried separately, or to show what the codefendants' testimony would be and that their testimony would tend to exculpate him (see, People v Bornholdt, 33 N.Y.2d 75, 86-87, cert denied sub nom. Victory v New York, 416 U.S. 905; People v Villalobos, 108 A.D.2d 887).

Similarly unavailing is the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in denying his motion to set aside the verdict pursuant to CPL 330.30 (1). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).

In addition, by failing to either request the court to charge the jury on the possible suggestiveness of a showup identification procedure or to object to the court's charge as given, the defendant has failed to preserve his claim of error in this regard for appellate review (CPL 470.05; People v Holzer, 52 N.Y.2d 947; People v Martinez, 144 A.D.2d 699, 701) and we do not find that review in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction is warranted. Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Mouzon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 23, 1989
154 A.D.2d 626 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Mouzon

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LERESSIA MOUZON…

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

Date published: Oct 23, 1989

Citations

154 A.D.2d 626 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
546 N.Y.S.2d 638

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