People v. Batista

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Megan Tallmer, J.), rendered October 25, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and five years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

After thorough proceedings in which the court listened to the foreign language tapes at issue and heard from several different interpreters who had also listened to the tapes, the court properly determined that the tapes were sufficiently audible to be received in evidence,…