Opinion
Submitted June 28, 2001.
August 6, 2001.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Klein, J.), rendered February 25, 1999, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, assault in the second degree, and resisting arrest, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Andrew S. Worgan, Kings Park, N.Y. (Anne J. D'Elia of counsel), for appellant.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Sean F. Conroy of counsel), for respondent.
Before: GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for a mistrial (see, People v. Krom, 91 A.D.2d 39, affd 61 N.Y.2d 187). Moreover, the defendant received meaningful representation of counsel (see, People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708). Furthermore, the trial court properly excluded the defendant from the courtroom for engaging in disruptive behavior (see, People v. Perez, 213 A.D.2d 499).
GOLDSTEIN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, McGINITY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.