Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tecoy Ingram, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-03-29
Citations: 18 N.Y.3d 948
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tecoy Ingram, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 948–951

Head Matter:
[967 NE2d 695, 944 NYS2d 470]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tecoy Ingram, Appellant.
Argued February 9, 2012;
decided March 29, 2012
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Mitchell Goris Stokes & O’Sullivan, LLP, Cazenovia (Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., of counsel), and Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse (Philip Rothschild and Piotr Banasiak of counsel), for appellant.
William J. Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Syracuse (James P. Maxwell and Victoria M. White of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, and the matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with this memorandum.
CPL 470.15 (1) precludes the Appellate Division from reviewing an issue that was either decided in an appellant's favor or was not decided by the trial court (see People v Concepcion, 17 NY3d 192 [2011]; People v LaFontaine, 92 NY2d 470 [1998]). In an appeal from an Appellate Division affirmance, CPL 470.35 (1) grants us no broader review power than that possessed by the Appellate Division. Here, without addressing the validity of Supreme Court's rationale, the Appellate Division resolved defendant's suppression application on a theory not reached by the suppression court.