People v. Rodriguez

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J., at speedy trial motion; Nicholas Figueroa, J., at trial and sentence), rendered December 7, 1990, convicting defendant, *117after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s charge on interested witnesses adequately informed the jury that the effect of interest upon credibility is a jury question. While the court should have included, as requested, specific language to the effect that an interested witness is not…