People v. Barnes

*124Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eduardo Padro, J.), rendered December 18, 2003, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

During defendant’s testimony at this nonjury trial, defendant discussed his family background and his actual surname, which prompted the court to realize that it was slightly acquainted with defendant’s mother and sister. The judge then placed on the record, in detail, the extent of his prior…