Legal Opinion
People v. Vickers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 16, 1990PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered September 15, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Initially, we find that the hearing court properly denied the defense request for an additional adjournment in order to secure the attendance of certain witnesses. It is well settled that requests for adjournments are addressed to the court’s *501sound discretion (see, People v Moutinho, 146 AD2d 650; People v Africk, 107 AD2d 700, 702; see also,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. PellegrinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- BROWN BROS. v. Beam Constr.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. SpearsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. AfrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. MoutinhoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. VegaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. KesslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991