Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-03-15
Citations: 259 A.D.2d 638
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Rodriguez, Appellant.
[687 NYS2d 648]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered February 3, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he is entitled to a new trial because the court incorrectly dismissed two prospective jurors, one of whom advised the court during voir dire that he was scheduled to undergo long-awaited surgery in two days' time. We disagree and find that the court's dismissals of the prospective jurors were proper exercises of discretion (see generally, People v Page, 72 NY2d 69, 73; cf., People v Oyewole, 220 AD2d 624).
The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]) and we decline to review them in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Thompson and Goldstein, JJ., concur.