People v. Lucas

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Megan Tallmer, J.), rendered May 14, 2012, as amended June 5, 2012, and June 26, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 12V2 to 25 years and 7V2 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The removal, as a security measure, of the pro se defendant’s pen during a portion of the trial does not provide any basis for reversal. Defendant represented himself at trial with the assistance of a legal advisor. During the…