People v McCutheon

People v McCutheon 2013 NY Slip Op 00685 Decided on February 5, 2013 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on February 5, 2013
Sweeny, J.P., Acosta, Freedman, Clark, JJ.
7985 5892/06 3323/07

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Kareem McCutheon, Defendant-Appellant.




Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New
York (Alexandra Keeling of counsel), and Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP, New York (John C. Dockery of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Beth Fisch
Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered May 28, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of three years, unanimously reversed, on the law, the judgment vacated, and the indictment dismissed.

This Court previously held this appeal in abeyance pending a new suppression hearing (96 AD3d 580 [1st Dept 2012]). Supreme Court conducted the hearing and granted defendant's motion to suppress the pistol that defendant is charged with possessing. There being no basis for disturbing that determination, we vacate the conviction and dismiss the indictment.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: FEBRUARY 5, 2013

CLERK