People v. Cruz

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered March 13, 2009, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, there was a sufficiently “reasonable basis, articulated on the record” for the defendant’s legs to be shackled during the trial (People v Rouse, 79 NY2d 934, 935 [1992]; see People v Robinson, 64 AD3d 803 [2009]; People v Rush, 44 AD3d 799, 800 [2007]). The County Court set forth, on the record, its reasons for…