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People v. Waldron

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 4, 1990
162 A.D.2d 485 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

June 4, 1990

Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Silverman, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that counts 2 and 3 (assault in the first degree) and counts 10 and 11 (assault in the second degree) of the indictment were so vague as to warrant their dismissal because they did not adequately apprise him of the operative facts constituting the crimes of assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree. However, this contention has not been preserved for appellate review, inasmuch as the defendant did not raise it in his omnibus motion (see, CPL 210.20, 210.25 Crim. Proc.; People v. Iannone, 45 N.Y.2d 589, 600; People v Wong, 133 A.D.2d 184, 185; People v. Di Noia, 105 A.D.2d 799, 800, cert denied 471 U.S. 1022). In any event, although counts 2, 3, 10 and 11 of the indictment did not specify the victim of the alleged assaults, that information was provided "by a bill of particulars * * * designed to insure that the defendant [was] supplied with sufficient information to properly prepare his defense (CPL 200.90). [Thus] the defendant [was] adequately and timely informed of the precise nature of the charges he [was] to meet" (People v. Fitzgerald, 45 N.Y.2d 574, 580).

In addition, the defendant's convictions on count 1 (intentional assault in the first degree) and count 2 (reckless assault in the first degree) were neither repugnant nor inconsistent (see, People v. Moloi, 135 A.D.2d 576, 577-578).

The defendant's further contention that the court never rendered a verdict on counts 16 and 17 of the indictment is without merit. At the end of the trial, on May 4, 1988, the court rendered a verdict with respect to the first 15 counts of the indictment. Thereafter, on May 15, 1988, the court rendered a verdict on the sixteenth and seventeenth counts of the indictment. No issue is preserved for appellate review with respect to the delay in rendering the latter verdict (see, People v. Woodley, 141 A.D.2d 587, 588; People v. Andrews, 102 A.D.2d 894). In any event, we find that the court's delay was reasonable (see, People v. Di Marcantonio, 117 A.D.2d 612, 613; People v. Andrews, supra).

The defendant's other contentions are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Mangano, P.J., Lawrence, Balletta and O'Brien, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Waldron

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 4, 1990
162 A.D.2d 485 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

People v. Waldron

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL WALDRON…

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

Date published: Jun 4, 1990

Citations

162 A.D.2d 485 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
556 N.Y.S.2d 404

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