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People v. MarcanoPeople v. Marcano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 5, 1998
Reporters:
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Before:
Andrias

—Judgment, *158Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered June 7, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction of robbery in the first degree was supported by ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍legally sufficient evidence, including testimony by the victim and police witnesses that, after threatening to shoot the complainant, defendant picked up a rock of substantial size and held it in his outstretched hand while the complainant relinquished his property. The ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍jury could have reasonably concluded that this conduct constituted an implied threat to use the rock (see, Penal Law § 160.15 [3]; People v Lopez, 161 AD2d 670, Iv denied 76 NY2d 791).

Defendant’s challenges to the language employed by the court in conveying the reasonable doubt standard require ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍preservation and are unpreserved for appellate review (see, People v Thomas, 50 NY2d 467), and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the charge as a whole conveyed the ‍​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‍proper legal standard (People v Cubino, 88 NY2d 998; People v Fields, 87 NY2d 821).

Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Williams, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Marcano
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Mar 5, 1998
Citations: 248 A.D.2d 157; 670 N.Y.S.2d 759; 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2087
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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