People v. Marston

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered December 15, 2003, convicting him of gang assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was deprived of a fair trial by the trial court’s alleged denigration of defense counsel is without merit. Although the trial court criticized, in front of the jury, defense counsel’s conduct, and made some comments that were less than favorable, the…