People v. Smith

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Haft, J.) rendered December 5, 1988 by which defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentenced as a predicate felon to a term of 3 Vi to 7 years imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s denial of the defense counsel’s application for a further adjournment to secure the testimony of a witness who had failed to arrive as scheduled, and with respect to whom an hour’s adjournment had already been granted that day, after the defense rested, did not constitute an abuse of…