Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Douglas Fuller, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-07-02
Citations: 252 A.D.2d 353
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Douglas Fuller, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 353–354

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Douglas Fuller, Appellant.
[675 NYS2d 533]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis Boyle, J.), rendered March 13, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court did not constructively amend the indictment by instructing the jury that it could consider the property stolen to be either the bag containing the 17 vials of crack cocaine or the bracelet as alleged in the indictment, where such variance was based on defendant's own testimony that he committed a different version of the crime (People v Spann, 56 NY2d 469). Defendant did not preserve his claim that the court was required to provide a claim-of-right charge (Penal Law § 155.15 [1]), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this contention, we would find that defendant's testimony failed to support such a charge. Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Rubin, Williams and Andrias, JJ.