People v. Joaquin

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (James M. Kindler, J.), rendered May 23, 2011, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion when it declined to conduct an inquiry into whether jurors had engaged in premature deliberations, and we note that the court repeatedly reminded the jury that such deliberations are not permitted (see People v Mejias, 21 NY3d 73, 79 [2013]).…