People v. Brink

*1485Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]) and attempted burglary in the second degree (§§ 110.00, 140.25 [2]). Contrary to the contention of defendant, Supreme Court properly denied the request for a mistrial that he made after he learned that some of the jurors had possibly read a newspaper article concerning his prior convictions. “[I]t has been uniformly held that the trial judge ‘is required to take appropriate steps to insure that the jurors [have] not been exposed to or…