People v. Young Yee Sin

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered November 20, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree and robbery in the second degree (two counts), and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was not deprived of his right to effective assistance of counsel when the court denied his application to have his attorney’s Mandarin-speaking assistant sit at the counsel table for the purpose of acting as an interpreter. Defendant was afforded unrestricted access to the official court…