Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1993

People v. Romero

People v. Romero
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 28, 1993
197 A.D.2d 493; 604 N.Y.S.2d 714; 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10059
People v. Romero

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered November 26,1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge to the court’s "no inference” charge as given is unpreserved for appellate review as a matter of law. Were we to consider the claim, we would affirm as the court’s charge did not draw undue attention to defendant’s decision not to testify (People v Nunez, 182 AD2d 527, lv denied 80 NY2d 836). Concur—Carro, J. P., Rosenberger, Ellerin and Kassal, JJ.

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