Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert L. Horn, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-07-12
Citations: 152 A.D.2d 925
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert L. Horn, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 925–925

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert L. Horn, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The trial court did not err in denying defendant's request to submit the voluntariness of statements made by defendant to police officers to the jury because the issue of voluntariness was not "raised at the trial by a proper objection" and no "evidence sufficient to raise a factual dispute has been adduced either by direct or cross-examination" (People v Cefaro, 23 NY2d 283, 288-289; see also, CPL 710.70; People v Taylor, 135 AD2d 202, 204, Iv denied 71 NY2d 1034; People v Berkman, 124 AD2d 590, 592, Iv denied 69 NY2d 824; People v Estrada, 109 AD2d 977, 980).
The trial court did not err in declining defendant's request to charge assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [4] [reckless conduct]) as a lesser included offense of first degree intentional assault (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]) because there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would support a finding that defendant accidentally or recklessly stabbed the victim (see, People v Glover, 57 NY2d 61, 63; People v Maybee, 148 AD2d 923). Defendant testified that he intentionally stabbed the victim but that he acted in self-defense, a claim that was rejected by the jury.
We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions and we find them to be without merit. (Appeal from judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Doyle, J. — assault, first degree.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Callahan, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.