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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES A. HALL, Appellant.

Judgment affirmed. Defendant stands convicted of burglarizing a commercial building at 15 Glen Street, Glen Cove, New York. The evidence against defendant consisted primarily of a latent fingerprint, not more than 15 days old, on the outside of a second-floor bathroom window, overlooking a rooftop. The latent fingerprint matched known impressions of defendant's left middle finger. The trial evidence established that the bathroom window was the point of entry and/or the point of exit for the perpetrators. The bathroom was not open to the public, and was not even in use. Further, defendant did not have lawful access to the rooftop adjoining the window. The only reasonable explanation for the presence of defendant's fingerprint at such an unlikely spot was that he left his fingerprint there when he burglarized the premises. Therefore, there was sufficient evidence of defendant's guilt (see People v. Gates, 24 N.Y.2d 666, 669; People v. Jones, 257 App. Div. 5, 10). We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mollen, P.J., Niehoff, Rubin and Boyers, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. HALL
(Aug 16, 1982)