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PEOPLE v. GODSENT

Ind. No. 3229/17. Appeal No. 14439. Case No. 2018-4580.

198 A.D.3d 540 (2021)

156 N.Y.S.3d 175

2021 NY Slip Op 05783

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gideon Godsent, Also Known as Godsent Gideon, Appellant.

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

Decided October 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York ( Hunter Haney of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Vincent Rivellese , of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.

The record establishes that defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to a jury trial (see People v Smith, 6 N.Y.3d 827 [2006], cert denied 548 U.S. 905 [2006]). Defendant, who executed a written waiver in open court, had ample time to consider whether to waive a jury trial, and when he finally informed the court that he wished to do so, he confirmed that he had discussed the matter...

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