People v. Lopez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered May 20, 1996, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Spanish-speaking defendant was tried together with his codefendant Carmelo Torres (see, People v Torres, 251 AD2d 519 [decided herewith]) who was also Spanish-speaking. The defendant claims that he was deprived of his rights to meaningful…