People v. Valentin

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered November 27, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms, of 4xh to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The claim that the court erred by requesting that defendant’s family leave the courtroom during the first round of voir dire because there was insufficient seating available to accommodate them along with the jurors is…