Opinion
Argued October 10, 2000.
November 21, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered January 12, 1998, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, N.Y., for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and Stephen Dixon-Gordon of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, reversal of his convictions is not warranted as a result of an alleged violation of the Rosario rule (see, People v. Haupt, 71 N.Y.2d 929; People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286). In this regard, the trial court acted within the bounds of its discretion by granting the defendant's request for an adverse inference charge (see, People v. Banch, 80 N.Y.2d 610; People v. Wallace, 76 N.Y.2d 953, 955).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence was legally sufficient to support the convictions (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit.