People v. Charlton

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Yates, J.), rendered June 16, 1994, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The motion court providently exercised its discretion in denying defense counsel’s request for an adjournment at the close of the People’s case during the Mapp hearing, in order to subpoena a police officer for the defense case. Defendant failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for failing to…