People v. Medina

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J.), rendered March 12, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court appropriately exercised its discretion, in the interest of clarity (compare, People v Moulton, 43 NY2d 944, with People v Yut Wai Tom, 53 NY2d 44, 57), in interrupting defendant’s direct examination of a police detective called as a defense witness, and having a conference with counsel and the…