People v. Valdez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Gregory Carro, J.), rendered July 10, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years and seven years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly precluded defendant from introducing the testimony of his three alibi witnesses, who were his family members and with whom he resided. Defendant offered his notice of alibi on the day of jury selection, without any showing of good cause for the delay…