Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sammy Estrada, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-03-16
Citations: 191 A.D.2d 286
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Sammy Estrada, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 286–287

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Sammy Estrada, Appellant.
[595 NYS2d 31]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Collins, J.), rendered September 9, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of from 3 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
While juror number 3 should not have greeted a prosecution witness or informed the prosecutor that the trial exhibits were misnumbered, the misconduct was innocuous and did not require a hearing to determine whether the juror was involved in "misconduct of a substantial nature" within the meaning of CPL 270.35 (see, People v Buford, 69 NY2d 290, 299, n 4; People v Garcia, 153 AD2d 951, lv denied 75 NY2d 919). In view of defendant's criminal past, the sentence im posed was not excessive (People v Junco, 43 AD2d 266, 268, affd 35 NY2d 419). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Wallach and Kupferman, JJ.