People v. Bristow

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester *379County (Cowhey, J.), rendered July 26, 1994, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, assault in the second degree (two counts), and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court’s Sandoval ruling was proper (see, People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371). The trial court weighed the competing considerations…