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People v. Poladian

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 16, 1990
167 A.D.2d 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

November 16, 1990

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

Present — Callahan, J.P., Doerr, Boomer, Green and Balio, JJ.


Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The sanction to be imposed for the failure of the People to comply fully with discovery demands until the time of trial is within the sound discretion of the trial court (see, People v. Kelly, 62 N.Y.2d 516, 521). Here, considering the lack of bad faith on the part of the People and defendant's inability to articulate specific prejudice as a result of the untimely disclosure, we cannot conclude that the court abused its discretion by admitting a videotape of which the People had become aware during trial.

The court properly granted the People's motion to amend the indictment to correct an obviously erroneous designation of the degree of the offense (see, People v. Shannon, 127 A.D.2d 863, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 1009). Defendant has failed to preserve for review his arguments that the indictment and the court's charge violated CPL 200.60, and we decline to reach this issue in the interest of justice. Upon our independent review of the record, we find that the conviction for attempted assault in the second degree is supported by sufficient evidence. Defendant cannot raise for the first time on appeal the argument that the factual allegations of the indictment charging criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree were insufficient (see, People v. Andrews, 146 A.D.2d 787, 788). We decline to modify the sentence in the interest of justice.


Summaries of

People v. Poladian

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 16, 1990
167 A.D.2d 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Poladian

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH POLADIAN…

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

Date published: Nov 16, 1990

Citations

167 A.D.2d 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
562 N.Y.S.2d 280

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