Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2000

People v. Peralta

People v. Peralta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 7, 2000
270 A.D.2d 38; 704 N.Y.S.2d 562; 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2553
People v. Peralta

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (George Daniels, J.), rendered April 29, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning credibility and identification.

Defendant was not entitled to be present during the court’s postverdict conference with a juror who had recognized a person seated in the courtroom with defendant’s family at which both counsel were present and as to which defendant’s input would not have been meaningful (see, People v Spotford, 85 NY2d 593; People v Mullen, 44 NY2d 1). Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Ellerin, Wallach and Saxe, JJ.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.