People v. Claudio

—Judgment, *375Supreme Court, Bronx County (William Donnino, J., on consolidation motion; Roger Hayes, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered March 19, 1997, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5V2 to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

The motion court properly exercised its discretion in granting the People’s motion to consolidate the two indictments pursuant to CPL 200.20 (2) (c) because the charged offenses were similar in law and thus joinable under that statute. Defendant has…