People v. Coston

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rooney, J.), rendered March 7, 2005, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Four jurors briefly and inadvertently observed the defendant in handcuffs outside the courtroom on the morning of the third day of jury deliberations. The day before, the jury had twice declared itself deadlocked. The trial court questioned each…