In re Shamarri W.
Matter of Shamarri
W.
2009 NY Slip Op 06029
Decided on July 28, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to
Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the Official Reports.
Decided on July 28, 2009
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF
APPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
RANDALL T. ENG
ARIEL E. BELEN
L. PRISCILLA
HALL, JJ.
2008-10273
(Docket No. D-4991-08)
[*1]In the Matter of Shamarri
W. (Anonymous), appellant.
George E. Reed, Jr.,
Charlene M. Indelicato,
(Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz
and Martin G.
Gleeson of counsel), for respondent.
DECISION & ORDER
In a juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to Family
Court Act article 3, the appeal is from an order of fact-finding and
disposition (one paper) of the Family Court, Westchester County (Horowitz, J.),
entered October 16, 2008, which, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings,
found that the appellant committed an act which, if committed by an adult,
would have constituted the crime of assault in the second degree, adjudged him
to be a juvenile delinquent, and placed him on probation for a period of one
year.
ORDERED that the order of fact-finding and
disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the
presentment agency (see Family Ct Act § 342.2[2]; Matter of Ashley M., 35 AD3d
612, 613; cf. People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), we
find that it was legally sufficient to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt,
that the appellant committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would have
constituted the crime of assault in the second degree (see Penal Law §
120.05[10][a]; People v Chiddick, 8 NY3d 445, 447;
People v Guidice, 83 NY2d 630, 636; Matter of Anthony
S., 305 AD2d 689, 690). Moreover, upon the exercise of our independent review
power (cf. CPL 470.15[5]), we are satisfied that the Family Court's
fact-finding determination was not against the weight of the evidence (cf.
People v Romero, 7 NY3d 633; see Matter of Sharard
W., 31 AD3d 458; Matter of Anthony S., 305 AD2d at 690).
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Family Court did
not violate his due process rights. The court had sufficient information before
it to support the appellant's pre-petition detention (see Family Ct Act §§
307.4[4][c], 320.5[3][a][ii]; Matter of Benjamin L.,
92 NY2d 660, 666; Matter of Brion H., 161 AD2d 832,
834). Further, since the appellant was not detained for more than three days
pending a fact-finding hearing, the failure to accord him a separate probable
cause hearing did not violate any statutory right (see Schall
v Martin, 467 US 253, 270; Family Ct Act § 325.1[1]; Matter of Jeffrey V., 82
NY2d 121, 126).
The Family Court properly denied the appellant's motion to
dismiss the petition based on [*2]an alleged Brady
violation (see Brady v
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.
MASTRO, J.P., ENG, BELEN and HALL, JJ.,
concur.
ENTER:
James Edward Pelzer
Clerk of the Court