Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Daniel James, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-11-17
Citations: 244 A.D.2d 504
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Daniel James, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 504–504

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Daniel James, Appellant.
[665 NYS2d 922]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (West, J.), rendered September 7, 1994, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (two counts) and unlawful possession of marihuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant waived his claim that the trial court failed to conduct a sufficient inquiry into whether the jury was exposed to a newspaper article detailing his involvement in an unrelated crime (see, People v Albert, 85 NY2d 851). In any event, under the circumstances of this case, we find that the defendant was not prejudiced by any alleged deficiencies in the court's inquiry (see, People v Costello, 92 AD2d 947). Miller, J. P., Ritter, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.