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BURGLARY SECOND COUNT DISMISSED AS A LESSER INCLUSORY COUNT OF THE TWO BURGLARY FIRST COUNTS (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department dismissed the burglary second count as a lesser inclusory count of the two burglary first counts:

…[C]ount three of the indictment, charging burglary in the second degree, must be dismissed as a lesser inclusory concurrent count of counts one and two, charging burglary in the first degree (see CPL 300.40 [3] [b] …). People v Smith, 2020 NY Slip Op 05643, Fourth Dept 10-9-20

 

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