People v. Almeida
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Baker, J.), rendered July 25, 1988, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant’s contention that he was deprived of a fair trial by the trial court’s alleged denigration of defense counsel. While the trial court did engage in indiscreet editorializing when making its rulings, those comments did not rise to the level where it could be said that it gave the *509appearance of taint or…
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