| People v Watkins |
| 2024 NY Slip Op 06237 [42 NY3d 1074] |
| December 12, 2024 |
| Court of Appeals |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| As corrected through Wednesday, March 5, 2025 |
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jerry Watkins, Appellant. |
Argued November 20, 2024; decided December 12, 2024
People v Watkins, 221 AD3d 1430, affirmed.
Julie A. Cianca, Public Defender, Rochester (Jane I. Yoon of counsel), for appellant.
Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester (Martin P. McCarthy, II, of counsel), for respondent.
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
The argument defendant raises on this appeal, whether the initial stop of defendant constituted a level four encounter with police, is unpreserved for our review (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Graham, 25 NY3d 994, 996-997 [2015]; see generally People v De Bour, 40 NY2d 210 [1976]).{**42 NY3d at 1075}
Chief Judge Wilson and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Singas, Cannataro, Troutman and Halligan concur.
Order affirmed, in a memorandum.