People v. Deale

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J), rendered May 8, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and seventh degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 4Va to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203 [2002]). The court precluded inquiry into a substantial portion of…