Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Bethea, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-12-04
Citations: 46 A.D.3d 565
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Bethea, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 565–566

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Michael Bethea, Appellant.
[845 NYS2d 918]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered October 5, 2004, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's untimely request for an in camera examination of the confidential informant (see People v Darden, 34 NY2d 177, 181 [1974]; People v Edwards, 95 NY2d 486 [2000]; People v Brown, 2 AD3d 1423, 1424 [2003]).
The defendant was afforded meaningful representation (see People v Henry, 95 NY2d 563, 565-566 [2000]; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 714 [1998]; People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709 [1988]; People v Anderson, 305 AD2d 611, 612 [2003]). Schmidt, J.P., Rivera, Florio and Balkin, JJ., concur.