Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Scott, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-12-26
Citations: 66 A.D.2d 861
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Willie Scott, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 861–861

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Willie Scott, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 3, 1978, convicting him of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed and case remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (subd 5). Defendant was indicted for the crimes of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree; he was tried without a jury. At the close of the trial, the Trial Judge found defendant guilty of the rape and sodomy counts, and dismissed the sexual abuse count as a lesser inclusory offense of the rape count. Concededly, the Trial Judge did not, prior to defense counsel's summation, state upon the record the counts upon which he intended to render a verdict (see CPL 320.20, subd 5). However, since defendant was convicted of offenses specified in the indictment, and not of a lesser included offense, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Chapman, 60 AD2d 584). We have examined defendant's other contentions and find them to be without merit. Suozzi, J. P., Gulotta, Shapiro and Margett, JJ., concur.