Case ID: ad2d_124/html/0687-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benjamin Staton, Appellant.
   At trial, the defendant did not specify why the charge as to alibi as given was inadequate; therefore the claimed error was not preserved for our review as a matter of law (see, People v Hoke, 62 NY2d 1022, 1023). In any event, a review of the alibi charge convinces us that it did, indeed, unequivocally convey the People’s burden to disprove an alibi beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Victor, 62 NY2d 374). The defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621; People v Arce, 42 NY2d 179, 187). Mollen, P. J., Mangano, Niehoff and Weinstein, JJ., concur.