PEOPLE v. VEGA

1479/07, 12145

116 A.D.3d 454 (2014)

983 N.Y.S.2d 30

2014 NY Slip Op 2348

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALAN VEGA, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 3, 2014.


The motion and trial courts properly exercised their respective discretion in denying defendant's motion to sever counts charging two unrelated rapes. The counts were properly joined as "similar in law" pursuant to CPL 200.20(2)(c), and defendant did not make a sufficient showing to warrant a discretionary severance (see CPL 200.20[3]; People v Lane, 56 N.Y.2d 1, 8 [1982]; People v Streitferdt, 169...

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