People v. Pasco
| Decision Date | 10 December 2015 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Evan PASCO, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
134 A.D.3d 1257
20 N.Y.S.3d 751
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Evan PASCO, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Dec. 10, 2015.
Brennan & White, LLP, Queensbury (Joseph R. Brennan of counsel), for appellant.
J. Anthony Jordan, District Attorney, Fort Edward (Christian P. Morris of counsel), for respondent.
Before: McCARTHY, J.P., ROSE, LYNCH and DEVINE, JJ.
McCARTHY, J.P.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Hall Jr., J.), rendered April 11, 2014, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of burglary in the second degree.
In satisfaction of two separate indictments, defendant pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree and was sentenced to a five-year prison term, followed by five years of postrelease supervision. The two underlying indictments were, in part, respectively based on evidence obtained upon the execution of two separate search warrants. Defendant appeals and argues that County Court erred in failing to suppress the evidence obtained pursuant to those warrants.
As to the first warrant for a search of defendant's car and home, defendant contends that there was insufficient evidence to establish the reliability of statements provided by a confidential informant (hereinafter the CI). As is relevant here, the veracity component of the Aguilar–Spinelli test can be satisfied by proof "that the specific information given [by the CI] is reliable" (People v. DiFalco, 80 N.Y.2d 693, 696–97, 594 N.Y.S.2d 679, 610 N.E.2d 352 [1993] ; accord People v. Wolfe, 103 A.D.3d 1031, 1033, 962 N.Y.S.2d 403 [2013], lv. denied 21 N.Y.3d 1021, 971 N.Y.S.2d 503, 994 N.E.2d 399 [2013] ). As is also relevant, the reliability of information may be established by comparison of that information to facts already
known by law enforcement (see People v. Wolfe, 103 A.D.3d at 1033–1034, 962 N.Y.S.2d 403 ; see generally People v. Rodriguez, 52 N.Y.2d 483, 490, 438 N.Y.S.2d 754, 420 N.E.2d 946 [1981] ). Here, the CI informed law enforcement that she had witnessed defendant unloading a 55–inch Vizio television from his car, that she observed laptop computers and a large amount of jewelry that she knew did not belong to defendant in his bedroom and that, in the same room, she also observed empty heroin bags. This information was sufficiently corroborated by facts within the law enforcement's
knowledge, namely, recent burglary reports. Those reports identified the theft of a 55–inch Vizio television, multiple laptop computers and large amounts of jewelry. This proof independently...
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