People v. Sanchez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eng, J.), rendered April 9, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was denied his right to a trial before 12…