People v. Richards

—Judgment, *107Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Kahn, J.), rendered May 31, 1994, 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 him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court followed proper procedures (see, People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172) and properly seated a venireperson whom defense counsel had sought to challenge peremptorily. The court’s implicit finding that defendant’s proffered…