Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frederick Middleton, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-12-29
Citations: 256 A.D.2d 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frederick Middleton, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 254–254

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frederick Middleton, Appellant.
[683 NYS2d 234]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Covington, J.), rendered October 30, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 3V2 to 7 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The court's summary denial of defendant's suppression motion was proper since his papers merely contained conclusory assertions that he was not engaging in unlawful activity or suspicious behavior prior to his seizure (see, People v Seda, 198 AD2d 98, lv denied 82 NY2d 930) or otherwise properly address the factual allegations contained in the felony complaint.
Defendant was not prejudiced by the expert testimony concerning specific characteristics of the automatic pistol involved in the case. Such ballistic testimony was admissible as necessary background information concerning the element of operability, was part of the expert's narrative as to his observations, and did not suggest that defendant was a violent person (see, People v Alvino, 71 NY2d 233, 245).
Defendant's challenges to the court's Allen charge are unpreserved for appellate review, and we decline to review these claims in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the charge, as a whole, was proper. Concur — Lerner, P. J., Wallach, Tom and Andrias, JJ.