New York Court of Appeals, 2000

People v. Rickett

People v. Rickett
New York Court of Appeals · Decided April 4, 2000 · Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick, Wesley and Rosenblatt Concur
729 N.E.2d 1148; 94 N.Y.2d 929; 708 N.Y.S.2d 349; 2000 N.Y. LEXIS 509 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

People v. Rickett

Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The trial court did not err as a matter of law in denying defendant’s request to charge criminal trespass in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of burglary in the second degree (see, Penal Law §§ 140.15, 140.25). Although criminal trespass in the second degree is a lesser-included offense of burglary in the second degree, there is no reasonable view of the evidence to support a finding that defendant committed the lesser offense but not the greater (see, People v Scarborough, 49 NY2d 364, 368). Defendant’s remaining arguments are unpreserved.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick, Wesley and Rosenblatt concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.

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