Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Darbasie, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-05-14
Citations: 128 A.D.3d 489
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Darbasie, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 489–490

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Darbasie, Appellant.
[8 NYS3d 331]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J.), rendered June 12, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of six years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied summarily defendant's motion to controvert a search warrant. Defendant was not entitled to a Franks/Alfinito hearing (see Franks v Delaware, 438 US 154 [1978]; People v Alfinito, 16 NY2d 181 [1965]), because he failed to make the necessary "substantial preliminary showing that a false statement knowingly and intentionally, or with reckless disregard for the truth, was included by the affiant in the warrant affidavit" (Franks, 438 US at 155-156). Defendant only challenged the veracity of the information provided to the police officer affiant by an undercover detective, and not that of the affiant himself (see People v Slaughter, 37 NY2d 596, 600 [1975]; People v Solimine, 18 NY2d 477 [1966]).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
We have considered and rejected the arguments raised in defendant's supplemental pro se brief. Concur — Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Andrias, Moskowitz and Gische, JJ.