People v. Mendez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Corrado, J.), rendered June 8, 1993, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The indictment in this case charged the defendant and a codefendant, his brother, with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, “each aiding the other”. The defendant’s brother moved for a severance, which was granted. At trial, the court granted the defendant’s application that any reference to the…