People v. Harris

Mar 21, 2003
Versions:303 A.D.2d 1026
756 N.Y.S.2d 813
2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2859

—Appeal from a judgment of Ontario County Court (Henry, Jr., J.), entered February 14, 2001, convicting defendant after a jury trial of, inter alia, robbery in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that County Court erred in failing to conduct an inquiry or provide a curative instruction after being informed that a juror had allegedly seen defendant in shackles (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Dawson, 125 AD2d 860, 861 [1986], lv denied 69 NY2d 879 [1987]; see also People v Fioravantes, 229 AD2d 784, 786 [1996], lv denied 89 NY2d 920 [1996]). We decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice {see 470.15 [6] [a]). We reject defendant’s contention that the court’s Sandoval ruling constitutes an abuse of discretion {see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203, 207-208 [2002]). Defendant’s further contention that the court erred in failing to have the voir dire recorded is not properly before us because defendant’s attorney expressly waived the recording of voir dire (see People v Vasquez, 89 NY2d 521, 533 [1997]). The verdict is not against the weight of the evidence {see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Finally, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe. Present— Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Pine, Gorski and Hayes, JJ.