People v. Simmon

• Decision Date: 18 April 2019
• Docket Number: Ind. 1289/14,9013
• Citation: 171 A.D.3d 557,98 N.Y.S.3d 180
• Parties: The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Servicio SIMMON, Defendant–Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

171 A.D.3d 557
98 N.Y.S.3d 180

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent,
v.
Servicio SIMMON, Defendant–Appellant.

9013
Ind. 1289/14

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

ENTERED: APRIL 18, 2019

Christina A. Swarns, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Rosemary Herbert of counsel), and Jones Day, New York (Nassim Ameli of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Noreen M. Stackhouse of counsel), for respondent.

Richter, J.P., Manzanet–Daniels, Kahn, Gesmer, Oing, JJ.

171 A.D.3d 557

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J. at suppression hearing; Juan M. Merchan, J. at jury trial and sentencing), rendered May 10, 2016, convicting defendant of attempted assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbing the court's credibility determinations (see

98 N.Y.S.3d 181

People v. Prochilo , 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761, 395 N.Y.S.2d 635, 363 N.E.2d 1380 [1977] ), including its finding, after reviewing conflicting testimony, that the police entered defendant's apartment only after obtaining the voluntary consent of another occupant, who answered the door. Furthermore, it was permissible for the officers to proceed by seeking consent to enter, regardless of whether they had probable cause and the opportunity to obtain a warrant ( Kentucky v. King , 563 U.S. 452, 466–467, 131 S.Ct. 1849, 179 L.Ed.2d 865 [2011] ; People v. Garvin , 30 N.Y.3d 174, 187–188, 188 n. 9, 88 N.E.3d 319 [2017] ).

A detective told defendant that he would "probably be coming back" from the precinct and that he could bring his cell phone with him if he wished to do so. This was deceptive, because the detective actually intended to arrest defendant and hoped defendant would have the phone on his...