People v. Phillip

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blumenfeld, J.), rendered October 24, 2012, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, without a hearing, of the defendant’s motion for an order authorizing him to obtain additional expert services.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s motion for an order authorizing him to obtain a second fingerprint/ palm print expert. A defendant seeking expert services must demonstrate…