People v. Robinson

Nov 14, 2014
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Blackstone THOUGHT The user wants me to convert a legal document from provided images and OCR into a clean HTML format following specific instructions. **Source Analysis:** The document contains parts of three cases from a legal reporter (looks like New York Appellate Division). 1. Page 1 starts with the end of a case involving “Sessler“. 2. Page 1 introduces a new case: *The People of the State of New York v. Laron Robinson*. 3. Page 3 ends the *Robinson* case and starts a new case: *Beverly A. Kirby v. Kenmore Mercy Hospital*. **Multi-Opinion Rule:** “If the document contains multiple opinions (e.g., end of one case and start of another), convert only the MAIN opinion — the one with a complete case caption and full opinion body. Skip partial content from a previous case that appears at the beginning of the document.” Therefore, I will focus on: **The People of the State of New York v. Laron Robinson**. - Skip the Sessler text at the top of Page 1. - Skip the Kirby text starting on Page 3. **Case Information Extraction (Robinson):** - Case Name: The People of the State of New York v. Laron Robinson - shortName: People v. Robinson - Respondent: The People of the State of New York - Appellant: Laron Robinson - Citation: 996 N.Y.S.2d 433 (Wait, the OCR says [996 NYS2d 433], but looking at the header of page 1, the reporter page is 1282. The bracketed number is the parallel citation). Actually, the reporter page for the start of the case is 1282. - Docket: Not explicitly given, but the appeal is from Onondaga County Court. - Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York (Inferred from the judges Centra, Fahey, Whalen, DeJoseph who are 4th Dept judges, and the standard NY reporter format). - Date: Not explicitly given in the header, but the judgment appealed from was May 23, 2011. The reporter is around 2014 based on the citations used (e.g., 119 AD3d 1370 [2014]). Looking at the parallel cite [996 NYS2d 433], I can check. Actually, I should just extract what‘s there. The date isn‘t in the snippet provided for the decision itself. I will leave it blank or use the year from the parallel cite if known, but the instructions say “Extract metadata here, don‘t repeat in body“. The body doesn‘t give the decision date. I‘ll omit if unknown. - Judges: Centra, J.P., Fahey, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ. (Actually, at the end of the opinion on page 3, it says: “Present—Smith, J.P., Peradotto, Valentino, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ.” The judges listed at the end of the *previous* case were Centra etc. I must be careful.) - The *Robinson* case starts on page 1282. **Metadata for Robinson:** - Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v LARON ROBINSON, Appellant. - shortName: People v. Robinson - Citation: 996 N.Y.S.2d 433 (or reporter page 1282) - Court: N.Y. App. Div. (Fourth Department) - Judges: Smith, J.P., Peradotto, Valentino, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ. **Pagination:** - Page 1 starts with 1282. The *Robinson* case caption is on 1282. - Page 2 is 1283. - Page 3 is 1284. **Citations in Robinson:** 1. *People v De Bour*, 40 NY2d 210, 223 [1976] -> `` 2. *People v Washburn*, 309 AD2d 1270, 1271 [2003] -> `` 3. *People v Spencer*, 84 NY2d 749, 753 [1995] -> `` 4. *People v Robinson*, 97 NY2d 341, 349 [2001] -> `` 5. *Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1227 (1)* -> `` 6. *Robinson*, 97 NY2d at 349 -> `` 7. *People v East*, 119 AD3d 1370, 1371 [2014] -> `` 8. *People v Concepcion*, 17 NY3d 192, 195 [2011] -> `` 9. *People v Coles*, 105 AD3d 1360, 1363 [2013] -> `` 10. *Concepcion*, 17 NY3d at 195 -> `` **Content Review:** - “crimi- nal” -> “criminal” - “memo- randum” -> “memorandum” - “unlaw- ful” -> “unlawful” - “sup- pression” -> “suppression” - “transac- tions” -> “transactions” - “defend- ant” -> “defendant” - “ap- prehended” -> “apprehended” - “lieuten- ant” -> “lieutenant” - “well- established” -> “well-established” (actually the hyphen is just a line break joiner, or is it “well-established“? Source: “It is well established“. No hyphen. Wait, let me check the image. “It is well [break] established“. No hyphen.) - “rea- sonable” -> “reasonable” - “com- mission” -> “commission” - “ve- hicle” -> “vehicle” - “appel- lant‘s” -> “appellant‘s” **Case Info Details:** - Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v LARON ROBINSON, Appellant. - Citation: 121 A.D.3d 1573 (I recognize this from the page 1282 in the New York Reports 3d / Appellate Division 3d series. The bracketed number [996 NYS2d 433] is the parallel citation. However, the volume and starting page from the reporter header is 1282. I will use the citation as presented.) - Docket: Not provided. - Date: Not provided in the header. Let‘s begin. **Robinson Case Info Details:** - Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v LARON ROBINSON, Appellant. - shortName: People v. Robinson - Citation: 996 N.Y.S.2d 433, 121 A.D.3d 1573 (Actually the 1282 at the top is the page number. The case starts on 1282). - Court: N.Y. App. Div. - Date: Unknown from snippet (I won‘t hallucinate. I‘ll omit). Wait, the OCR for the parallel cite is `[996NYS2d433]`. I‘ll format as `996 N.Y.S.2d 433`. **Text Flow:** - Start on 1282. - Mid-sentence break on 1282: “crimi- [break] nal” -> “criminal“. - Mid-sentence break on 1282: “memo- [break] randum” -> “memorandum“. - Page break 1282 to 1283 happens at end of paragraph? No, after “At the suppression hearing, the People presented evidence“. Next page starts “that, while the police...“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “transac- [break] tions“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “defend- [break] ant“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “ap- [break] prehended“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “lieuten- [break] ant“. - Paragraph break before “In denying...“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “rea- [break] sonable“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “com- [break] mission“. - Mid-sentence break on 1283: “ve- [break] hicle“. - Page break 1283 to 1284 happens mid-sentence: “Inasmuch as [break] ‘[w]e have no power...“. - Mid-sentence break on 1284: “appel- [break] lant‘s“. **Citations Check:** - `(see Smith v Cassidy, 93 AD3d 1306, 1307 [2012])` -> Part of Sessler case, ignore. - `(see generally Angona v City of Syracuse, 118 AD3d 1318, 1320-1321 [2014])` -> Part of Sessler case, ignore. - `CPLR 1401` -> Part of Sessler case, ignore. - `(see Sweet v Texaco, Inc., 67 AD3d 1322, 1323 [2009]; Union Turnpike Assoc., LLC v Getty Realty Corp., 27 AD3d 725, 727 [2006])` -> Sessler case, ignore. - `(Joseph E. Fahey, J.)` -> Metadata/prefatory. - `(Penal Law §§ 110.00, 265.02 [5] [ii])` -> `` and `cite=“N.Y. Penal Law § 265.02“`. - `(People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210, 223 [1976])` -> `` - `(People v Washburn, 309 AD2d 1270, 1271 [2003], quoting People v Spencer, 84 NY2d 749, 753 [1995], cert denied 516 US 905 [1995])` -> Three tags. - `(id., quoting People v Robinson, 97 NY2d 341, 349 [2001])` -> `id` tag and `People v Robinson` tag. - `Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1227 (1)` -> `` - `(see Robinson, 97 NY2d at 349; People v East, 119 AD3d 1370, 1371 [2014]; see generally People v Concepcion, 17 NY3d 192, 195 [2011])` -> Three tags. - `(People v Coles, 105 AD3d 1360, 1363 [2013], quoting Concepcion, 17 NY3d at 195)` -> Two tags. **Specific Normalization:** - `NYS2d` -> `N.Y.S.2d` - `NY2d` -> `N.Y.2d` - `AD2d` -> `A.D.2d` - `AD3d` -> `A.D.3d` - `Vehicle and Traffic Law` -> `N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law` - `Penal Law` -> `N.Y. Penal Law` **Court Abbreviations:** - New York Court of Appeals: `N.Y.` - Appellate Division: `N.Y. App. Div.` Let‘s do this.