People v. Gonzalez

Memorandum. On this appeal, defendant, while contesting neither the weight, nor the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced at trial, contends that numerous factors at trial mandate that the conviction be reversed. Specifically, defendant maintains that he was denied a fair trial by the “atmosphere” in the courtroom, the bias of the Trial Judge, various legal errors committed by the Trial Judge, and several instances of prosecutorial misconduct.

Although the trial court exhibited a certain degree of acrimony during the several heated exchanges with defense counsel, we must consider the…