Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Priscilla James, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-04-10
Citations: 304 A.D.2d 384
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Priscilla James, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 384–384

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Priscilla James, Appellant.
[756 NYS2d 749]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered October 30, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing her, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's challenge to the court's supplementary charge given in response to a note from the deliberating jury claiming an inability to reach a unanimous verdict is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the supplementary charge as a whole conveyed the proper principles, was sufficiently balanced, and was not coercive (see People v Ford, 78 NY2d 878 [1991]; People v Pagan, 45 NY2d 725 [1978]).
The record establishes that defendant's predicate conviction was for a violent felony (see Penal Law § 70.02 [1] [c]; § 265.02 [4]) and contradicts her claim that she was improperly sentenced as a second violent felony offender. Concur — Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Ellerin, Lerner and Marlow, JJ.