People v. Torres

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.), rendered April 4, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of l1!2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

*243Immediately prior to the commencement of jury deliberations, a juror asked the trial court "are we able to ask questions?” The court responded: "Questions are over. The trial is done. The evidence is there. What you can ask is if you want a read back. You can’t ask any more questions.” This was an…