Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Concepcion, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-11-01
Citations: 266 A.D.2d 227
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Concepcion, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 227–227

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Concepcion, Appellant.
[697 NYS2d 697]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blumenfeld, J.), rendered November 8, 1996, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
There is no merit to the defendant's argument that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct. When a case is tried without a jury, absent a showing of prejudice, the Trial Judge is presumed to have considered only competent evidence adduced at trial in reaching the verdict (see, People v Robinson, 143 AD2d 376, 377). There is no basis for finding that the court considered anything but competent evidence. Bracken, J. P., Friedmann, Goldstein and Smith, JJ., concur.