People v. Pollard

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Fulton County, rendered October 29, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. It is urged herein that the refusal of the court to allow the defendant’s attorney to open to the jury at the close of the People’s case constituted reversible error. The trial court’s ruling that the order prescribed by the Legislature should be followed did not constitute reversible error, absent a showing of a compelling reason for a variation (CPL 260.30; People v Seiler, 246 NY 262; People…