People v. Barrett

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered December 12, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of burglary in the first degree and assault in the third degree.

Contrary to defendant’s contention, County Court properly considered those factors necessary to determine a Sandoval motion (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371) and properly exercised its discretionary power in so doing (see, People v Blim, 58 AD2d 672). Furthermore, given the overwhelming proof of guilt, the admissions at most could be considered harmless error (see,…