People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered October 2, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5V2 to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the court’s overall conduct of the proceedings and heated exchanges with counsel, particularly in light of the court’s instructions, presumably followed by the jury (see, People v Gonzalez, 38 NY2d 208; People v Yanowitch, 227 AD2d 225, lv denied 88 NY2d…