People v. Wilkins

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J.), rendered November 25, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale 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.

The court’s response to a jury note does not warrant reversal. The deliberating jury’s question, relating to specific testimony, appeared to call for a yes or no answer, but could not reasonably be answered in that manner. Instead, the court gave a fair and balanced response, essentially repeating…