People v. Spates, 142 A.D.3d 1389

耳 thoughts Expert legal document formatter. Clean, semantic HTML. Provided PDF screenshots and OCR of a New York appellate court case. * Multi-opinion document: Document 1 starts on page 1389 and ends on 1390. Document 2 starts on page 1390. * Task says: “If the document contains multiple opinions... 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.” * Looking at the content: * Page 1389 starts with the end of a previous case (Present—Peradotto...). * Then starts: “THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant. [38 NYS3d 362]“. This is a complete case. * Following that is another case: “THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANIBAL SANTIAGO, Appellant. [38 NYS3d 363]“. * Instruction says: “convert only the MAIN opinion — the one with a complete case caption and full opinion body.” Usually, this means the first complete one encountered if multiple are present, or if the user is asking for a specific one. However, looking at the layout, these are short memorandum opinions common in NY appellate reports. I will convert the first full case found: *People v. Spates*. * *Case 1: People v. Spates* * Case Name: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant. * Short Name: People v. Spates * Citation: 38 NYS3d 362 (from brackets) * Court: NY Appellate Division (based on JJ names and format, likely 4th Dept given “Peradotto, J.P., Carni, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Curran, JJ.“) -> `court=“N.Y. App. Div.“` (Bluebook abbreviation for Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York). * Date: September 23, 2014 (Judgment rendered date, but the opinion itself is likely 2017 based on the citation volume, however, the prompt says preserve formatting of dates. The judgment date is in the text. The report page is 1389). Note: In NY AD reports, the opinion date isn‘t explicitly at the top of the memorandum, but the volume 38 NYS3d corresponds to 2016-2017. Since I only have the judgment date “September 23, 2014“, I will check if there‘s a specific date. There isn‘t. I‘ll omit the date attribute or use the year from the citation if known, but the prompt says omit date for cases if not known. Actually, I will use the year 2017 derived from citation 38 NYS3d if I can be certain, but let‘s stick to the text. Wait, looking at the image, there is no decision date. I‘ll skip the date in Case Info. * Page number: 1389. * *Details Section* * `midpage-case-name`: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant. * `shortName`: People v. Spates * `midpage-citation`: 38 NYS3d 362 * `midpage-court`: N.Y. App. Div. * *Body* * Skip the first two lines (partial from previous case). * `midpage-ps n=“1389“` * Case caption: extracted to details. * Procedural history: “Appeal from a judgment... robbery in the first degree.” * Order: “It is hereby ordered...” * Memorandum: “Memorandum: Defendant appeals...” * *Citations* * `People v Watkins, 107 AD3d 1416, 1416 [2013], lv denied 22 NY3d 959 [2013]` -> `` * `People v Wolf, 88 AD3d 1266, 1266-1267 [2011], lv denied 18 NY3d 863 [2011]` -> `` * `Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417` -> `` * `People v McKinnon, 5 AD3d 1076, 1076 [2004], lv denied 2 NY3d 803 [2004]` -> `` * `People v Kosty, 122 AD3d 1408, 1408 [2014], lv denied 24 NY3d 1220 [2015]` -> `` * `People v Hicks, 128 AD3d 1358, 1359 [2015], lv denied 27 NY3d 999 [2016]` -> `` * `People v Irvine, 42 AD3d 949, 950 [2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 962 [2007]` -> `` * `People v Ayala, 117 AD3d 1447, 1448 [2014], lv denied 23 NY3d 1033 [2014]` -> `` * `Penal Law § 160.15 [4]` -> `` * *Page Breaks* * Page 1389 ends mid-sentence: “...severity of” * Page 1390 starts: “his sentence...” * The case *People v. Spates* ends on page 1390 with the signature block of judges. * *Text Cleanup (Reflow)* * “rob-\nbery” -> “robbery” * “mo-\ntion” -> “motion” * “conten-\ntion” -> “contention” * “pro-\nceedings” -> “proceedings” * “de-\nfendant‘s” -> “defendant‘s” * *Law Normalization* * `Penal Law § 160.15 [4]` -> `N.Y. Penal Law § 160.15(4)` (jurisdiction NY) * *Wait, looking at “Multi-Opinion Documents” instruction:* “If the document contains multiple opinions... convert only the MAIN opinion — the one with a complete case caption and full opinion body.” * There are two complete opinions here: *People v. Spates* and *People v. Santiago*. Usually “MAIN” implies the primary one provided or the first full one. I will provide *People v. Spates*. * *Refining Citations for Spates:* * `People v Watkins, 107 AD3d 1416, 1416 [2013]` -> `case=“People v. Watkins” cite=“107 A.D.3d 1416” pinpoint=“1416” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2013“` * `lv denied 22 NY3d 959 [2013]` -> separate ``? Instruction: “Each citation in its own tag... Subsequent history: Each citation in its own tag“. Yes. * `Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417` -> short form. `case=“Watkins” cite=“107 A.D.3d 1416” pinpoint=“1417” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” type=“short“` * *Refining signature block:* * “Present—Peradotto, J.P., Carni, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Curran, JJ.” * The instructions show a signature block as a div with p tags for judges. In these memoranda, the “Present” line is effectively the signature block. * *Case Info check:* * Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department (the names Peradotto, Carni, etc., are specifically Fourth Dept judges). I‘ll use `court=“N.Y. App. Div.“` or `court=“N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div.“`. Standard BB is `N.Y. App. Div.`. * Citation: 38 NYS3d 362. * *Text Re-check:* * “it is ‘refuted by ” his statements...” -> OCR says ” ‘refuted by ” “. Looking at the image, it‘s “is ‘refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings’ (People v McKinnon...“. There‘s a trailing quote mark after ‘proceedings‘. * OCR: “conten- “ tion is ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the “ proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is ‘refuted by ” his statements during the plea proceedings’ (People v McKinnon...)” * Correction from Image: “defendant‘s contention is ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is “refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings” (People v McKinnon...” * Wait, looking closely at image 1: “...defendant‘s contention is ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is “refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings” (People v McKinnon...” * Actually, there are nested quotes or specific punctuation. Let‘s look at the “refuted by” part. It is: `is “refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings” (People v McKinnon...)`. * Let‘s check “belied“. It is: `is “belied by the record of the plea proceeding” . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings“`. * Wait, the image shows double quotes around “belied ... proceedings“. * Let‘s re-read the OCR vs Image carefully. * Image: `defendant‘s contention is ” ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is ” ‘refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings’ ” (People v McKinnon...)`. * Punctuation matters. It looks like double quotes around single quotes (a quote of a quote). * *Signature Block check:* * “Present —Peradotto, J.P., Carni, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Curran, JJ.” appears at the end of the text for the Spates case on page 1390. * *One detail:* “lv denied 9 NY3d 962 [2007]” - OCR shows some weirdness: `9 962 [2007]). lv denied NY3d`. I will correct to `lv denied 9 NY3d 962 [2007]`. * *Formatting Case Information:* * `midpage-case-name`: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant. * `shortName`: People v. Spates * `midpage-citation`: 38 NYS3d 362 * `midpage-court`: N.Y. App. Div. * `midpage-date`: 2017 (Volume 38 of NYS3d is 2016-2017). Wait, I‘ll use the year from the case citation brackets if available, but 38 NYS3d 362 is from 2016. However, I‘ll omit if not certain or use the reporter date. I‘ll stick to text-only fields to be safe, except where attributes require specific formats. The instruction says extract metadata. I will use `date=“2016“` if it‘s the official date, but usually these NY AD cases have a decision date at the start. Here it‘s missing. I will omit `midpage-date`. * *Law normalization:* * Penal Law § 160.15 [4] -> jurisdiction=“NY” cite=“N.Y. Penal Law § 160.15(4)” * *Pagination Check:* * Page 1389 starts case. * Page 1390 starts in the middle of “severity of his sentence“. * *Wait, what about the first two lines on page 1389?* * “release supervision imposed by the court. Present—Peradotto, J.P., Carni, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Curran, JJ.” * These belong to the PREVIOUS case. I skip them. * *Wait, what about Case 2: People v. Santiago?* * The instructions say “convert only the MAIN opinion“. Usually, these documents are processed one case at a time in the database. I will provide the Spates case as it is the first complete one. * *Final Polish of Citations:* * `People v Watkins, 107 AD3d 1416, 1416 [2013]` -> `case=“People v. Watkins” cite=“107 A.D.3d 1416” pinpoint=“1416” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2013“` * `lv denied 22 NY3d 959 [2013]` -> `case=“People v. Watkins” cite=“22 N.Y.3d 959” court=“N.Y.” date=“2013“` * `People v Wolf, 88 AD3d 1266, 1266-1267 [2011]` -> `case=“People v. Wolf” cite=“88 A.D.3d 1266” pinpoint=“1266-1267” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2011“` * `lv denied 18 NY3d 863 [2011]` -> `case=“People v. Wolf” cite=“18 N.Y.3d 863” court=“N.Y.” date=“2011“` * `People v McKinnon, 5 AD3d 1076, 1076 [2004]` -> `case=“People v. McKinnon” cite=“5 A.D.3d 1076” pinpoint=“1076” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2004“` * `lv denied 2 NY3d 803 [2004]` -> `case=“People v. McKinnon” cite=“2 N.Y.3d 803” court=“N.Y.” date=“2004“` * `People v Kosty, 122 AD3d 1408, 1408 [2014]` -> `case=“People v. Kosty” cite=“122 A.D.3d 1408” pinpoint=“1408” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2014“` * `lv denied 24 NY3d 1220 [2015]` -> `case=“People v. Kosty” cite=“24 N.Y.3d 1220” court=“N.Y.” date=“2015“` * `People v Hicks, 128 AD3d 1358, 1359 [2015]` -> `case=“People v. Hicks” cite=“128 A.D.3d 1358” pinpoint=“1359” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2015“` * `lv denied 27 NY3d 999 [2016]` -> `case=“People v. Hicks” cite=“27 N.Y.3d 999” court=“N.Y.” date=“2016“` * `People v Irvine, 42 AD3d 949, 950 [2007]` -> `case=“People v. Irvine” cite=“42 A.D.3d 949” pinpoint=“950” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2007“` * `lv denied 9 NY3d 962 [2007]` -> `case=“People v. Irvine” cite=“9 N.Y.3d 962” court=“N.Y.” date=“2007“` * `People v Ayala, 117 AD3d 1447, 1448 [2014]` -> `case=“People v. Ayala” cite=“117 A.D.3d 1447” pinpoint=“1448” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2014“` * `lv denied 23 NY3d 1033 [2014]` -> `case=“People v. Ayala” cite=“23 N.Y.3d 1033” court=“N.Y.” date=“2014“` * *Correction to text:* `122AD3d` -> `122 AD3d`. `117AD3d` -> `117 AD3d`. (OCR issues). * *Handling Quotes:* “Inasmuch as the court... defendant‘s contention is ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is ‘refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings’ (People v McKinnon, 5 AD3d 1076, 1076 [2004], lv denied 2 NY3d 803 [2004]).” * Looking at image 1: “...defendant‘s contention is ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is ‘refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings’ (People v McKinnon...)” * Actually, the single quotes are there, but the outer double quotes I suspected might just be standard quoting in the opinion‘s source. I will follow the OCR/Image visible text. * Image: `is ” ‘belied by the record... proceedings’ ” (Watkins...)`. I will use: `is ” ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings“`. * *Hyphen rejoins:* * “rob- bery” -> “robbery” * “mo- tion” -> “motion” * “conten- tion” -> “contention” * “pro- ceedings” -> “proceedings” * “convict- ing” -> “convicting” * “de- fendant‘s” -> “defendant‘s” * *One last detail:* The cite for Irvine is `lv denied 9 NY3d 962 [2007]`. OCR says `lv denied NY3d 9 962 [2007]`. I will correct. * *Signature Block:* Present—Peradotto, J.P., Carni, DeJoseph, NeMoyer and Curran, JJ. This is at the end of Spates on page 1390. * *Structure Check:* * Case Info details. * midpage-ps 1389. * Procedural intro paragraph. * Ordered paragraph. * Memorandum paragraph 1. * Memorandum paragraph 2. * Memorandum paragraph 3 (starts on 1389, ends on 1390). * Signature block. * Wait, the “Present” line is part of the metadata block at the top of the case in some formats, but in this specific report format, it‘s at the end of each memorandum. * *Wait, looking at the beginning of Spates on page 1389:* The caption is “THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant. [38 NYS3d 362]“. * Then there‘s a horizontal line. * Then “Appeal from a judgment...“. * The Santiago case starts on page 1390 with a similar caption and bracketed cite. * I will only do Spates. * *Page break position:* “...waiver of his right to appeal does not encompass his challenge to the severity of his sentence...” * *Law Citation in Kosty cite:* `lv denied 24 NY3d 1220 [2015]` is a case citation. `Penal Law § 160.15 [4]` is a law citation. * *Final verification of the Watkins short form:* `Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417` Start page: 1416 (from full cite). Pinpoint: 1417. * *One small thing:* `(M. William Boiler, A.J.)`. OCR says “Boiler“. I should check if it‘s “Boller“. Most NY judicial names in that area (Erie County) are “M. William Boller“. Image looks like “Boller“. I will use Boller. * *Reflowing sentences:* Page 1389, paragraph starting with “Memorandum“: The word “robbery” is split “rob-” and “bery“. Rejoin. The word “motion” is “mo-” and “tion“. Rejoin. The word “contention” is “conten-” and “tion“. Rejoin. The word “proceedings” is “pro-” and “ceedings“. Rejoin. Page 1390, “defendant‘s” is “de-” and “fendant‘s“. Rejoin. * *Quote correction for “belied“:* `defendant’s contention is ” ‘belied by the record of the plea proceeding’ . . . , which establishes that defendant understood the nature of the proceedings” (Watkins, 107 AD3d at 1417), and is ” ‘refuted by his statements during the plea proceedings’ ” (People v McKinnon, 5 AD3d 1076, 1076 [2004], lv denied 2 NY3d 803 [2004]).` Wait, I see the double quote and single quote in the image. I will transcribe exactly. * *Check for the first case caption:* “THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v ANSON SPATES, Appellant.” shortName: “People v. Spates” * *Final check on date:* Judgment rendered Sept 23, 2014. No decision date for the appeal. I‘ll use 2016 for Case Information date since 38 NYS3d is a 2016 volume. * *Law Normalization for Penal Law:* Jurisdiction: NY. Cite: N.Y. Penal Law § 160.15(4). * *Citation for Ayala:* `People v Ayala, 117 AD3d 1447, 1448 [2014]` `case=“People v. Ayala” cite=“117 A.D.3d 1447” pinpoint=“1448” court=“N.Y. App. Div.” date=“2014“` * *One nuance:* In NY reports, the citation `122 AD3d 1408, 1408 [2014]` is volume, reporter, starting page, pinpoint page. * *Ready to generate.*

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Spates

Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date Published: Sep 30, 2016

Citations: 142 A.D.3d 1389; 38 N.Y.S.3d 362

Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.