Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gene Benito, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-10-25
Citations: 287 A.D.2d 387
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gene Benito, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 287
Pages: 387–387

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gene Benito, Appellant.
[731 NYS2d 619]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.), rendered June 1, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was not prejudiced by the court's refusal to instruct the jury that the foreperson's vote was entitled to the same weight as that of any other juror, since nothing in the court's charge suggested otherwise.
We perceive no basis for reduction of sentence. Concur— Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli, Rubin and Buckley, JJ.