Legal Opinion

People v. Santos

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

Decided December 6, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

*428The court properly declined to submit criminal trespass in the second degree as a lesser included offense, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant, to support such a charge (see e.g. People v Zokari, 68 AD3d 578 [2009], lv denied 15 NY3d 758 [2010]; People v Jones, 33 AD3d 461 [1st Dept 2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 926 [2006]; People v Mongen, 157 AD2d 82 [1990], appeal dismissed 76 NY2d 1015 [1990]). The jury would have had no basis for finding that defendant entered unlawfully, but without the intent to unlawfully restrain the victim or otherwise…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. MongenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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