Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Martin, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-11-30
Citations: 155 A.D.3d 589
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Martin, Appellant.
Judges: Concur—Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Mazzarelli, Kahn and Moulton, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 589–589

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Martin, Appellant.
[63 NYS3d 852]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Tandra L. Dawson, J.), rendered July 13, 2016, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of menacing in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of seven months, unanimously affirmed.
The accusatory instrument was jurisdictionally sound because it contained nonconclusory factual allegations that, if assumed to be true, established each element of second-degree menacing and provided reasonable cause to believe that defendant committed that crime (see People v Jackson, 18 NY3d 738 [2012]; People v Dreyden, 15 NY3d 100 [2010]). The fact that the firsthand account contained in the victim's supporting deposition corrected some minor inaccuracies contained in a detective's secondhand supporting deposition did not create any jurisdictional defect.
Concur—Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Mazzarelli, Kahn and Moulton, JJ.