People v Ramos
2007 NYSlipOp 01595
February 20, 2007
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, April 11, 2007


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Karlos Ramos, Appellant.

[*1]Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (De Nice Powell of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Victor Barall, and Hogan & Hartson, LLP [Huanyong Gao] of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered September 8, 2004, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, assault in the second degree, and robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the evidence at trial demonstrated that the two incidents for which the defendant was charged were sufficiently alike to establish a modus operandi (see People v Beam, 57 NY2d 241 [1982]; People v Dockery, 215 AD2d 497 [1995]; People v Jason, 190 AD2d 689 [1993]). Accordingly, the prosecutor properly commented on the similarities of the two incidents in his summation (see People v Dockery, supra; People v Jason, supra).

The defendant's remaining contention regarding the duration of the order of protection issued against him is unpreserved for appellate review. Ritter, J.P., Santucci, Skelos and Dickerson, JJ., concur.


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