People v. Becoats

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: In this appeal defendant attacks both her plea of guilty to criminal possession of stolen property, second degree, and her conviction after trial of escape, second degree, arising from an incident occurring while she was released on her own recognizance after her guilty plea and before sentencing. Defendant argues that on her trial for escape, second degree, the court erred in denying the defense request for a jury charge of resisting arrest as a lesser included offense. There is no merit to this argument. A person commits escape in the second…