People v. Christian

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered April 22, 2014, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

“ £[T]he decision to declare a mistrial rests within the sound discretion of the trial court which is in the best position to determine if this drastic remedy is truly necessary to protect the defendant’s right to a fair trial’ ” (People v Knorr, 284 AD2d 411, 412 [2001], quoting People v Williams, 264 AD2d 745, 746 [1999]; see…