People v. Blanco

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered January 5, 2009, convicting him of burglary in the first degree (three counts) and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*1393Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Prior to the commencement of trial, the prosecutor and defense counsel reached their own Sandoval compromise agreement (see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]). A stipulation setting forth the terms of the Sandoval agreement was placed on the record in the defendant’s presence in open court, without…