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People v. Rifkin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 3, 2001
289 A.D.2d 264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

1996-01161

Argued October 9, 2001

December 3, 2001.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered January 25, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree, tampering with physical evidence, and illegal removal of a body, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Arza Feldman, Roslyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and James A. Dolan of counsel), for respondent.

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, SONDRA MILLER, ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

In addition to indictments in Kings, Queens, and Suffolk Counties, the defendant was indicted in Nassau County and moved to suppress certain statements he made to law enforcement authorities following his arrest. An order of the County Court, Nassau County, denied his motion for suppression, and the defendant entered a plea of guilty in Queens County.

The record does not support the defendant's claim that the Nassau County hearing court's denial of his motion to suppress induced his plea of guilty to charges in Queens County (see, People v. Lloyd, 66 N.Y.2d 964; People v. McLaughlin, 269 A.D.2d 858, 859; People v. Gomez, 192 A.D.2d 549, 551).

RITTER, J.P., KRAUSMAN, S. MILLER and FLORIO, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Rifkin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 3, 2001
289 A.D.2d 264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Rifkin

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. JOEL RIFKIN, appellant

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

Date published: Dec 3, 2001

Citations

289 A.D.2d 264 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
734 N.Y.S.2d 855