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People v. Dekle

192 A.D.2d 471 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1993-04-27 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Dekle, Appellant.
[597 NYS2d 597]

—Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Clifford A. Scott, J.), rendered December 19, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to two concurrent terms of AVz to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s pretrial motions to suppress physical evidence were properly denied without a hearing since his motion papers contained only legal conclusions and conclusory allegations that failed to show that the evidence was unlawfully seized (CPL 710.60 [3]; People v Kitchen, 162 AD2d 178 , lv denied 76 NY2d 941 ). Defendant’s most specific assertion— that of the time of the first arrest and immediately prior thereto he was doing nothing but standing on the street — is merely a pro forma legal conclusion of innocence that does not warrant a hearing (People v Covington, 144 AD2d 238 , lv denied 73 NY2d 890 ). Concur — Carro, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Rubin, JJ.

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