Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Walaski, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-01-29
Citations: 136 A.D.2d 908
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Walaski, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 908–908

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Walaski, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to defendant's contention that proof of intent to commit a crime in the premises he had broken into was legally insufficient and, therefore, he should have been convicted only of criminal trespass rather than burglary. The jury was instructed that it could consider burglary as charged in the indictment or the lesser included crime of criminal trespass, and the issue of intent was properly left to the jury to resolve (cf., People v Henderson, 41 NY2d 233). (Appeal from judgment of Cattaraugus County Court, Kelly, J.—burglary, third degree.) Present—Dillon, P. J., Green, Pine, Balio and Lawton, JJ.