People v. Ferguson

Judgment, *200Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered February 2, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 81/s to 25 years, 121/2 to 25 years, -5 to 15 years and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in declining to adjourn this short trial until the following week to await the appearance of a…