| People v Simon |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 08558 [101 AD3d 908] |
| December 12, 2012 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v CarlSimon, Appellant. |
—[*1] Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Ronnie Jane Lamm of counsel), forrespondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.),rendered September 8, 2009, convicting him of attempted assault in the first degree, upon a juryverdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People vContes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish thedefendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, in fulfilling our responsibility to conductan independent review of the weight of the evidence (see CPL 470.15 [5]; People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342[2007]), we nevertheless accord great deference to the jury's opportunity to view the witnesses,hear the testimony, and observe demeanor (see People v Mateo, 2 NY3d 383, 410 [2004],cert denied 542 US 946 [2004]; People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]).Upon reviewing the record here, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against theweight of the evidence (see People vRomero, 7 NY3d 633 [2006]).
Although the prosecutor improperly elicited testimony which constituted inadmissiblehearsay, the grand jury proceeding did not fail to conform to the requirements of CPL article 190to such a degree that the integrity thereof was impaired and, in view of the sufficiency of theindependent, admissible proof which supported the indictment, no prejudice to the defendantcould have resulted from the improperly elicited testimony (see People v Miles, 76 AD3d 645 [2010]; People v Read, 71 AD3d 1167,1168 [2010]; People v Walton, 70AD3d 871, 873 [2010]).
The defendant contends that the indictment should be dismissed because he was denied hisright to testify before the grand jury. A motion to dismiss on that ground must be made withinfive days after arraignment or it is deemed waived (see CPL 190.50 [5] [c]). Here, thedefendant's motion was made several months after arraignment, well beyond the time limit(see People v Brown, 227 AD2d 691 [1996]; People v McMoore, 214 AD2d 893[1995], cert denied 516 US 1096 [1996]).
Contrary to the defendant's contention, "[s]ince the case against [him] consisted of bothdirect and circumstantial evidence," he was not entitled to a circumstantial evidence charge (People v Garson, 69 AD3d 650,651 [2010]; see People vWashington, 45 AD3d 880 [2007]).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his pro se supplementalbrief, are without merit. Rivera, J.P., Florio, Chambers and Cohen, JJ., concur.