People v. Saunders

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered September 11, 2009, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts) and operating a motor vehicle without safety belts, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the Supreme Court failed to conduct an inquiry as to whether certain jurors were grossly unqualified or engaged in substantial misconduct under CPL 270.35 (1). The defendant allegedly saw, but…