People v. Brown, 92 A.D.3d 455 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012). · Go Syfert
People v. Brown, 92 A.D.3d 455 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
16 citation events (16 in the last 25 years) across 2 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: People v. Nunez (Steven) (nyappterm, 2021-04-27)
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Nunez (Steven)
N.Y. App. Term. · 2021 · confidence medium
Defendant's claim that the actual recording would have had additional impeachment value is entirely [*2]speculative ( see People v Brown , 92 AD3d 455, 457 [2012], lv denied 18 NY3d 955 [2012]; People v Peralta , 271 AD2d 359, 359 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 837 [2000]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Harley
N.Y. App. Div. · 2020 · confidence medium
Defendant was not prejudiced because the Sprint report afforded him sufficient opportunity to impeach the victim's testimony, and it was read into the record ( see People v Brown , 92 AD3d 455, 456 [1st Dept 2012], lv denied 18 NY3d 955 [2012]) .
cited Cited as authority (rule) People v. Kobbah
N.Y. App. Div. · 2019 · confidence medium
Defendant was not prejudiced, because the Sprint report afforded him sufficient opportunity for impeachment ( see People v Brown , 92 AD3d 455, 456 [1st Dept 2012] lv denied 18 NY3d 955 [2012]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Chirse
N.Y. App. Div. · 2017 · confidence medium
Counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a motion or argument that had little or no chance of success (see People v Ennis, 11 NY3d 403, 415 [2008]; People v Cromwell, 99 AD3d 1017, 1017 [2012]; People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 456 [2012]; People v Mack, 91 AD3d 794, 795 [2012]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Manigualt
N.Y. App. Div. · 2015 · confidence medium
Defendant was entitled to a permissive adverse inference under these circumstances (cf. People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 456-457 [2012], lv denied 18 NY3d 955 [2012]; see generally People v Handy, 20 NY3d 663, 669 [2013]), and we conclude that the court is presumed to have rendered its decision upon that appropriate legal criteria (see People v Lucas, 291 AD2d 890, 890-891 [2002]; see generally People v Moreno, 70 NY2d 403, 406 [1987]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Manigualt
N.Y. App. Div. · 2015 · confidence medium
Defendant was entitled to a permissive adverse inference under these circumstances (cf. People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 456-457 [2012], lv denied 18 NY3d 955 [2012]; see generally People v Handy, 20 NY3d 663, 669 [2013]), and we conclude that the court is presumed to have rendered its decision upon that appropriate legal criteria (see People v Lucas, 291 AD2d 890, 890-891 [2002]; see generally People v Moreno, 70 NY2d 403, 406 [1987]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Perkins
N.Y. App. Div. · 2015 · confidence medium
There was no bad faith or lack of diligence on the part of the People, and the defendant was not prejudiced, inasmuch as he was furnished with printed summary reports of the content of the calls, commonly known as sprint reports, which afforded him a sufficient opportunity to impeach the People’s witness (see People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 456-457 [2012]; People v Marengo, 276 AD2d 358, 359 [2000]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Oliver
N.Y. App. Div. · 2013 · confidence medium
Further, the hearing court properly determined that the defendant’s statements to the police, made between the time of the lawful stop of his vehicle and his arrest, were admissible, since the defendant was not then in custody (see People v Yukl, 25 NY2d 585, 589 [1969], cert denied 400 US 851 [1970]; People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 455-456 [2012]; People v McAleavey, 159 AD2d 646 [1990]; see also Howes v Fields, 565 US —, —, 132 S Ct 1181, 1190 [2012]; Berkemer v McCarty, 468 US 420, 438-439 [1984]; Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 [1966]; People v Brown, 295 AD2d 442, 443 [2002]; cf. People …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Oliver
N.Y. App. Div. · 2013 · confidence medium
Further, the hearing court properly determined that the defendant’s statements to the police, made between the time of the lawful stop of his vehicle and his arrest, were admissible, since the defendant was not then in custody (see People v Yukl, 25 NY2d 585, 589 [1969], cert denied 400 US 851 [1970]; People v Brown, 92 AD3d 455, 455-456 [2012]; People v McAleavey, 159 AD2d 646 [1990]; see also Howes v Fields, 565 US —, —, 132 S Ct 1181, 1190 [2012]; Berkemer v McCarty, 468 US 420, 438-439 [1984]; Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 [1966]; People v Brown, 295 AD2d 442, 443 [2002]; cf. People …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." People v. Franzese
N.Y. App. Div. · 2020 · signal: see also · confidence low
The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court should have imposed a sanction based on the People's failure to preserve an audio recording of a call made to the 911 emergency number in connection with this case is without merit, as there was no showing of bad faith or lack of due diligence on the part of the People or prejudice to the defendant, and a Sprint report of the call was supplied ( see People v Wallace , 293 AD2d 556, 557 ; People v Green , 244 AD2d 423, 423 ; see also People v Brown , 92 AD3d 455, 456 ).
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The People of the State of New York
v.
Ronald Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Feb 7, 2012.
92 A.D.3d 455
Cited by 16 opinions  |  Published

The hearing court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion in all respects. During a lawful traffic stop, an officer asked defendant if there was anything in the car the officer should know about, and, after an initial denial, defendant admitted he possessed marijuana. This statement was not subject to suppression for lack of Miranda warnings, because defendant was not in custody for Miranda purposes (see Berkemer v Mc[*456] Carty, 468 US 420, 436-440 [1984]; People v Bennett, 70 NY2d 891 [1987]; People v Feili, 27 AD3d 318 [2006], lv denied 6 NY3d 894 [2006]). The stop was not unduly prolonged, and the officer’s repetition of the question did not transform the inquiry into custodial interrogation.

Defendant did not preserve his argument concerning the possibility that he had been taken into custody under an outstanding bench warrant before he made the statement, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find that the hearing evidence shows that defendant made the statement before the officer told him about the open warrant.

Defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, including those raised in his pro se brief, are not reviewable on direct appeal and would require a further record to be developed by way of a CPL 440.10 motion (see People v Love, 57 NY2d 998 [1982]). On the existing record, to the extent it permits review, we find that defendant received effective assistance under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; see also Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]). In particular, defendant asserts that his counsel should have moved to reopen the suppression hearing based on trial testimony allegedly suggesting that the officer told defendant about the open warrant before defendant admitted possessing marijuana. However, the trial testimony in this regard was ambiguous at best. Regardless of whether counsel should have moved to reopen the hearing, defendant has not established that reopening would have led to suppression of the statement, or that even if counsel obtained suppression of the statement on Miranda grounds, he would have also obtained suppression of the pistol that was recovered as a result of the statement (cf. United States v Patane, 542 US 630 [2004]).

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The circumstances, viewed in light of the statutory presumption of possession by all occupants of a vehicle (see Penal Law § 265.15 [3]), support the inference that defendant knowingly possessed the pistol found in the car.

The trial court appropriately exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s request for an adverse inference instruction concerning the People’s failure to preserve taped police radio communications. There was no bad faith or lack of diligence on the part of the People, and defendant was not prejudiced in that he was furnished with the Sprint report, which afforded him sufficient opportunity for impeachment (see e.g. People v [*457] Marengo, 276 AD2d 358, 359 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 936 [2000]). Defendant’s claim that the actual recording would have had additional value is speculative. For the same reasons, we also reject defendant’s argument that the hearing court should have drawn an adverse inference from the loss of the tapes. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, DeGrasse, Richter and AbdusSalaam, JJ.