People v. Espaillat

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Espaillat

47 A.D.3d 540, 851 N.Y.S.2d 39

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 29, 2008

StatusPublished

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People v. Espaillat, 47 A.D.3d 540, 851 N.Y.S.2d 39 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2008).

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Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Thomas Farber, J.), rendered June 1, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of scheme to defraud in the first degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and unauthorized practice of a profession in violation of Education Law § 6512, and sentencing him to a term of five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

In this case involving unauthorized practice of dentistry, the trial court properly refused to compel the prosecutor to grant immunity to defendant’s former office manager (see People v Adams, 53 NY2d 241, 247 [1981]; People v Sapia, 41 NY2d 160, 164-166 [1976], cert denied 434 US 823 [1977]). The office manager was not an agent of law enforcement, the prosecution did not build its case with immunized witnesses or threaten the potential witness with a perjury prosecution, and defendant’s inability to call the manager as a witness did not adversely affect his defense.

The court properly instructed the jury to draw no inference against either side due to the office manager’s failure to testify (see People v Adams, 53 NY2d at 248), and we reject defendant’s arguments to the contrary. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Mazzarelli, Gonzalez, Sweeny and Acosta, JJ.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Thomas Farber, J.), rendered June 1, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of scheme to defraud in the first degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and unauthorized practice of a profession in violation of Education Law § 6512, and sentencing him to a term of five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

In this case involving unauthorized practice of dentistry, the trial court properly refused to compel the prosecutor to grant immunity to defendant’s former office manager (see People v Adams, 53 NY2d 241, 247 [1981]; People v Sapia, 41 NY2d 160, 164-166 [1976], cert denied 434 US 823 [1977]). The office manager was not an agent of law enforcement, the prosecution did not build its case with immunized witnesses or threaten the potential witness with a perjury prosecution, and defendant’s inability to call the manager as a witness did not adversely affect his defense.

The court properly instructed the jury to draw no inference against either side due to the office manager’s failure to testify (see People v Adams, 53 NY2d at 248), and we reject defendant’s arguments to the contrary. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Mazzarelli, Gonzalez, Sweeny and Acosta, JJ.

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47 A.D.3d 540, 851 N.Y.S.2d 39, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-espaillat-nyappdiv-2008.

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