
    Reginald Word, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
    Submitted February 8, 1999;
    decided February 18, 1999
   Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, Third Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 |h] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601. [b] [2]).  