People v. Martinez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered April 22, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the court erred in excusing a prospective juror is unpreserved for appellate review since defense counsel made no objection to the juror’s excusal (People v Hopkins, 76 NY2d 872, 873). Were we to review…