People v. Gutter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Felig, J.), rendered June 12, 1991, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court properly refused to submit to the jury the lesser-included offense of criminal trespass in the second degree, because there was no reasonable view of the evidence which would support a determination that the defendant committed the lesser but not the greater offense (see, CPL 300.50 [1]; People v…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. FergusonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. RohenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. DillonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993