| People v Candelaria |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 03466 [50 AD3d 913] |
| April 15, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v WilliamCandelaria, Respondent. |
—[*1] Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Lisa Napoli of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lewis, J.), enteredJune 7, 2006, which, after a nonjury trial in which the defendant was found guilty of criminalpossession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and criminal possession of a controlledsubstance in the seventh degree, granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 210.40 todismiss the indictment in furtherance of justice.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 210.40to dismiss the indictment in furtherance of justice is denied, the indictment is reinstated, and thematter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for sentencing before a different Justice.
"The discretionary authority to dismiss an indictment in furtherance of justice [pursuant toCPL 210.40] should be exercised sparingly and only in those rare cases where there is acompelling factor which clearly demonstrates that prosecution of the indictment would be aninjustice" (People v Sherman, 35AD3d 768, 768 [2006] [internal quotations marks omitted]; see People v M.R., 43 AD3d 1188[2007]; People v Ward, 300 AD2d 418 [2002]; People v Flemming, 291 AD2d506 [2002]; People v Anthony C., 269 AD2d 402 [2000]; People v Crespo, 244AD2d 563, 564 [1997]). Upon consideration of the circumstances of this case and the factors setforth in CPL 210.40 (1), we conclude that there is no compelling factor which warrants dismissalof the indictment in furtherance of justice (see People v M.R., 43 AD3d at 1188;People v Sherman, 35 AD3d at 768; People v Ward, [*2]300 AD2d at 418-419; People v McIlwain, 300 AD2d 320,321 [2002]; People v Flemming, 291 AD2d at 506; People v Anthony C., 269AD2d at 402; People v Crespo, 244 AD2d at 564; see also People v Pittman, 228AD2d 225, 226 [1996]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court erred in granting the defendant'smotion pursuant to CPL 210.40 to dismiss the indictment in furtherance of justice. Rivera, J.P.,Spolzino, Dillon and Balkin, JJ., concur.