People v. Graves

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Teresi, J.), rendered December 22, 1995, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of robbery in the first and second degrees in connection with his stealing money from a taxi cab driver. Defendant contends that County Court erred in denying his request for the appointment of a particular expert, at a proposed cost of $1,500, to testify as to the ef*755fects of smoking crack cocaine on a person’s ability to form an intent…