Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Cruz

People v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 7, 1996
225 A.D.2d 325; 638 N.Y.2d 639; 638 N.Y.S.2d 639; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2082
People v. Cruz

Opinion of the Court

When the court observed that a juror may have "doze[d] off a couple a times”, defense counsel stated that he "didn’t see it”, and requested no remedy. Therefore, his present claim that the court should have conducted an inquiry is unpreserved for appellate review, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. In any event, on this record, there is an insufficient basis to conclude that the court should have conducted an inquiry (People v Ferguson, 165 AD2d 789, lv denied 77 NY2d 838).

We perceive no abuse of discretion in sentencing. Concur— Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Wallach, Ross and Williams, JJ.

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