People v. Alvarado, 67 A.D.3d 430 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009). · Go Syfert
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Newman
N.Y. App. Div. · 2021 · confidence medium
Defendant was not entitled to a hearing to challenge the constitutionality of his 2001 predicate felony conviction, which he failed to challenge at the time of his 2013 persistent violent felony offender adjudication ( see People v Vega , 177 AD3d 491 [1st Dept 2019], lv denied 34 NY3d 1163 [2020]; People v Lara , 167 AD3d 446 , 448 [1st Dept 2018], lv denied 32 NY3d 1206 [2019]; People v Alvarado , 67 AD3d 430, 431 [1st Dept 2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 936 10 [2010]).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Dennis
N.Y. Sup. Ct. · 2016 · confidence medium
In People v Alvarado ( 67 AD3d 430 [1st Dept 2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 936 [2010]) the Court said that “defendant’s prior [Cato-violative] conviction was not obtained in violation of the rights of the defendant under the applicable provisions of the constitution of the United States.” (People v Province, 47 Misc 3d at 295-296 [internal quotation marks omitted], quoting People v Alvarado, 67 AD3d at 431 [brackets added in Province]; 8 see also People v Menjivar, 9 Misc 3d 1108[A] , 2005 NY Slip Op 51451[U] [Sup Ct, Queens County 2005, Rotker, J.], lv dismissed 6 NY3d 778 [2006] [Catu was n…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Province
N.Y. Sup. Ct. · 2015 · confidence medium
Citing People v Nevarez and People v Alvarado ( 67 AD3d 430, 431 [1st Dept 2009], Iv denied 13 NY3d 936 [2010]), the People contend that Catu rests solely on state constitutional grounds, rendering the decision inapplicable as a defense in sentencing enhancement proceedings under CPL 400.15 (7) (b). 5 Close examination of the ruling of the Court of Appeals in Catu and its underpinnings, however, demonstrates that the decision is premised on federal, as well as state, constitutional grounds.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." People v. Fagan
N.Y. App. Div. · 2014 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Thus, this was not a case where an attorney may have reasonably believed that it would have been futile to raise a Catu issue regarding the constitutionality, for predicate felony purposes, of defendant’s 2000 conviction, or that the law was unclear on this issue (see People v Catalanotte, 72 NY2d 641, 644-645 [1988], cert denied 493 US 811 [1989]; see also People v Alvarado, 67 AD3d 430, 431 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 936 [2010]; People v Menjivar, 9 Misc 3d 1108[A] , 2005 NY Slip Op 51451[U] [Sup Ct, Queens County 2005]).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." People v. Fagan
N.Y. App. Div. · 2014 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Thus, this was not a case where an attorney may have reasonably believed that it would have been futile to raise a Catu issue regarding the constitutionality, for predicate felony purposes, of defendant’s 2000 conviction, or that the law was unclear on this issue (see People v Catalanotte, 72 NY2d 641, 644-645 [1988], cert denied 493 US 811 [1989]; see also People v Alvarado, 67 AD3d 430, 431 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 936 [2010]; People v Menjivar, 9 Misc 3d 1108[A] , 2005 NY Slip Op 51451[U] [Sup Ct, Queens County 2005]).
The People of the State of New York
v.
Hector Alvarado
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Nov 5, 2009.
67 A.D.3d 430
Cited by 7 opinions  |  Published

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J.), rendered July 15, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Although the court should have permitted defendant to introduce the original civilian complainant’s hospital records demonstrating his alleged intoxication into evidence, the error was harmless under the standards for constitutional or nonconstitutional error (see People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 [1975]). There was overwhelming evidence that defendant assaulted a police officer with intent to prevent him from performing a lawful duty (see Penal Law § 120.05 [3]). The question of the original complainant’s intoxication was tangential, and introduction of the records at issue could not have affected the verdict.

Defendant waived his present challenge to the constitutional[*431] ity of his 2001 predicate felony by failing to raise the same issue at the time of his adjudication as a persistent violent felony offender (see CPL 400.15 [7] [b]; People v Odom, 61 AD3d 896 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 747 [2009]). In any event defendant’s prior conviction was not “obtained in violation of the rights of the defendant under the applicable provisions of the constitution of the United States” (CPL 400.15 [7] [b]). Accordingly, we conclude that defendant received effective assistance of counsel 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 connection with his persistent violent felony offender adjudication. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Friedman, Nardelli and Moskowitz, JJ.