People v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J., at CPL 190.50 motion hearing; Renee White, J., at suppression hearing and trial), rendered May 4, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant waived his right to testify before the Grand Jury by waiting until four months after he was arraigned on the indictment before filing a motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that he was not afforded the opportunity to testify…