People v. Davis

224 A.D.2d 324, 638 N.Y.S.2d 307, 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1291

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered March 24, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court provided defendant with an adequate opportunity to confer with defense counsel immediately before the parties began to exercise their challenges to a panel of prospective jurors. Under the circumstances, the court properly exercised its discretion by setting a reasonable limit on the amount of time for defendant and counsel to confer (see, People v De Jesus, 42 NY2d 519, 523). We have reviewed defendant’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur— Milonas, J. P., Wallach, Ross and Mazzarelli, JJ.