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PEOPLE of the State of New York, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Norman A. SHAMPINE, Defendant-Appellant.
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of attempted rape in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 130.35 [1] ), sodomy in the second degree (former § 130.45[1] ), sexual abuse in the second degree (§ 130.60[2] ), and forcible touching (former § 130.52[2] ). The conviction arose from defendant's sexual molestation of four members of defendant's family. As the People concede, County Court erred in eliciting defendant's plea of guilty to sexual abuse in the second degree under count 248 of the indictment because the previous dismissal of that count pursuant to CPL 30.10 constituted a bar to any further prosecution on such charge (see CPL 210.20[4]; see also People v. Jackson, 87 N.Y.2d 782, 788, 642 N.Y.S.2d 602, 665 N.E.2d 172). We modify the judgment accordingly.
Defendant further contends that the order of protection entered in favor of the victim who was the subject of count 248 must be vacated on the ground that it was unlawfully entered in favor of that particular individual. Defendant failed to preserve that contention for our review inasmuch as he did not object to the order of protection on that ground when it was issued (see People v. Nieves, 2 N.Y.3d 310, 315-317, 778 N.Y.S.2d 751, 811 N.E.2d 13; see also People v. Reid, 21 A.D.3d 1215, 1216, 801 N.Y.S.2d 437; People v. Dixon, 16 A.D.3d 517, 792 N.Y.S.2d 110; see generally People v. Konieczny, 2 N.Y.3d 569, 572, 780 N.Y.S.2d 546, 813 N.E.2d 626). In any event, defendant's contention lacks merit. An order of protection may be issued in favor of a designated witness of an offense as well as the “victim or victims of the offense and such members of the family or household of such victim or victims as shall be specifically named by the court in such order” (CPL 530.13 [4][b]; see CPL 530.12[5][a], [c], [d]; 530.13[4][a]; cf. People v. Petrusch, 306 A.D.2d 889, 890, 760 N.Y.S.2d 921; People v. Creighton, 298 A.D.2d 774, 775-776, 749 N.Y.S.2d 309; see generally People v. Fisher, 19 A.D.3d 1034, 796 N.Y.S.2d 475, lv. denied 5 N.Y.3d 805, 803 N.Y.S.2d 34, 836 N.E.2d 1157; People v. Goodband, 291 A.D.2d 584, 585, 737 N.Y.S.2d 680; People v. La Motte, 285 A.D.2d 814, 816-817, 728 N.Y.S.2d 582). The record establishes that the individual in question is both a witness to offenses of which defendant was validly convicted and a member of the family or household of the victims of such offenses.
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously modified on the law by reversing that part convicting defendant of sexual abuse in the second degree and as modified the judgment is affirmed.
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Decided: July 07, 2006
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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