People v Correa
2009 NY Slip Op 03598 [62 AD3d 406]
May 5, 2009
Appellate Division, First Department
As corrected through Wednesday, July 1, 2009


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

[*1]Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jonathan M. Kirshbaum ofcounsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Sheila L. Bautista of counsel), forrespondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J., at suppression hearing;Edwin Torres, J., at plea and sentence), rendered January 16, 2007, convicting defendant ofcriminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felonyoffender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbingthe court's well-reasoned and detailed findings of facts and credibility determinations, which aresupported by the record (see People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761 [1977]). The Peopleestablished, by clear and convincing evidence, that an occupant of the apartment consented to thepolice entry (see People v Gonzalez, 39 NY2d 122 [1976]). The evidence also supportedthe court's alternative finding that the officers' entry was justified under the emergency doctrine(see People v Mitchell, 39 NY2d 173, 177-178 [1976], cert denied 426 US 953[1976]).

The surcharges and fees were properly imposed (see People v Guerrero, 12 NY3d 45 [2009]).Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Buckley, Catterson, McGuire and Renwick, JJ.


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