People v. Dimitrov

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.), rendered June 11, 1985, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree (three counts), and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, a native of Bulgaria, contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying without a hearing his motion to set aside the verdict. Specifically, he claims that the conditions of his incarceration during the trial precluded defense counsel’s use of a…