Opinion
March 9, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.).
We find no merit to defendant's claim that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the People's motion to consolidate the indictment charging criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and other crimes with the indictment charging bail jumping in the first degree (CPL 200.20 [b]; People v Ortiz, 165 A.D.2d 675, 676, lv denied 76 N.Y.2d 989). Nor did the trial court err in granting the People's application to present evidence of a prior sale of cocaine by defendant from the same apartment at which the instant search warrant was executed (People v. Allweiss, 48 N.Y.2d 40, 46-47). We have considered defendant's remaining arguments, including that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel, and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Kupferman, Ross and Kassal, JJ.