People v Guevara
2012 NY Slip Op 01276 [92 AD3d 802]
February 14, 2012
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, March 28, 2012


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Ermelio Jose Guevara, Appellant.

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Joseph A. Hanshe, Sayville, N.Y., for appellant.

Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Barbara Kornblau of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), rendered March 18, 2008, convicting him of rape in the first degree (two counts), incest in the first degree (two counts), and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of due process because he was not provided with access to audio recordings of conversations he had with his wife while incarcerated. We disagree. Since the prosecution was not obligated to provide the defendant with the audio recordings (see People v Muller, 72 AD3d 1329 [2010]), the prosecution's failure to provide the defendant with access to the recordings, or access to a copy of the recordings that was not "encrypted and password protected," did not deprive him of due process or the right to a fair trial.

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80 [1982]).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Skelos, J.P., Balkin, Roman and Sgroi, JJ., concur.