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People v Caravousanos (Steven)
2003 NY Slip Op 51586(U)
Decided on November 26, 2003
Appellate Term, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the Official Reports.


Decided on November 26, 2003
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

APPELLATE TERM : 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

PRESENT:DOYLE, P.J., WINICK and SKELOS, JJ.
NO. 2002-1646 S CR

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, -

against

STEVEN CARAVOUSANOS, Respondent.


Appeal by the People from an order of the District Court, Suffolk County (H. Bergson, J.), entered October 9, 2002, which granted defendants motion for a trial order of dismissal based on the failure of the People to present a prima facie case.


Order unanimously reversed on the law, defendant's motion for a trial order of dismissal denied, accusatory instrument reinstated and matter remanded to the court below for all further proceedings.

In the case at bar, the certified copy of the deed admitted into evidence was sufficient, when viewed in the light most favorable to the People, to establish a prima facie case of defendant's ownership of the premises at the time of the violation (see CPL 290.10 [1]; 70.10 [1]; see also People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]; People v Singh 191 AD2d 731 [1993]; People v Vasguez, 142 AD2d 698 [1988]).
Decision Date: November 26, 2003