Legal Opinion

People v. Christian

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 25, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Nicholas Iacovetta, J.), rendered May 9, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing defendant, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Nothing in the record casts doubt on the voluntariness of defendant’s waiver of the right to testify and there was no reason for the court, sua sponte, to make a personal inquiry of de*298fendant on this matter (see, People v…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. People v. FrattaNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. AcevedoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. People v. IrizarryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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