People v. Hill

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered May 23, 1990, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in replacing a juror who was unavailable (see, People v Page, 72 NY2d 69; People v John, 163 AD2d 534; People v McDonald, 143 AD2d 1050, 1051). The record establishes that on the morning the court was to deliver its charge, the…