People v. Baez

Citation205 A.D.2d 695,614 N.Y.S.2d 303
PartiesThe PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Marco J. BAEZ, Appellant.
Decision Date20 June 1994
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Elaine McKnight, Brooklyn, for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, Dist. Atty., Brooklyn (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Carol Teague Schwartzkopf, and Ambrose W. Wotorson, of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pesce, J.), rendered August 27, 1991, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, without a hearing, of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress physical evidence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant waived his right to seek appellate review of the denial of his motion for a severance as a result of his guilty plea (People v. Flagg, 155 A.D.2d 552, 547 N.Y.S.2d 583; People v. Decker, 135 A.D.2d 920, 522 N.Y.S.2d 317). Further, the court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence, without a hearing, since his supporting papers were conclusory and failed to set forth any factual allegations with respect to his or the police officer's conduct (see, CPL 710.60[3]; People v. Reynolds, 71 N.Y.2d 552, 528 N.Y.S.2d 15, 523 N.E.2d 291; Matter of George J., 187 A.D.2d 427, 590 N.Y.S.2d 737; affd. 82 N.Y.2d 415, 604 N.Y.S.2d 922, 624 N.E.2d 1017; People v. Scott, 182 A.D.2d 649, 582 N.Y.S.2d 238).

Finally, the sentence imposed was appropriate, notwithstanding the fact that the defendant's accomplices received lesser sentences (see, People v. Flagg, supra; see also, People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816, 475 N.Y.S.2d 351).

ROSENBLATT, J.P., and RITTER, GOLDSTEIN and FLORIO, JJ., concur.

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