Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Waller, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-12-03
Citations: 188 A.D.2d 303
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Waller, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 188
Pages: 303–303

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Waller, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jerome Hornblass, J.), rendered April 18, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 Vi to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's various arguments concerning the court's charge to the jury are unpreserved, and, in any event, without merit. Reversal is not required by the absence of a specific instruction that the indictment was not evidence, since the charge, as a whole, properly advised the jury (People v Hurk, 165 AD2d 687, 688, lv denied 76 NY2d 1021). Contrary to defendant's argument on appeal, the court's instruction on credibility did serve to inform the jury that it was up to them to decide whether defendant had in fact made the incriminating statements testified to by the arresting officer.
We have considered defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur — Carro, J. P., Ellerin, Kupferman and Kassal, JJ.