Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2002

People v. Biggs

People v. Biggs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 7, 2002
298 A.D.2d 398; 751 N.Y.S.2d 222; 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9412
People v. Biggs

Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defen*399dant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), dated October 4, 2000, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, since the crime of manslaughter in the first degree “was neither contained in the original indictment nor considered as a lesser included offense, the defendant was [not] implicitly acquitted of that crime as a consequence of his first trial” (People v Oglesby, 174 AD2d 761, 762). Accordingly, the defendant’s prosecution for manslaughter in the first degree was not barred by the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.

The defendant’s remaining contention is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Dodson, 48 NY2d 36, 38), and we decline to reach it in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Santucci, J.P., S. Miller, Goldstein and Townes, JJ., concur.

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