People v. Rios

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Haft, J.), rendered December 6, 1990, convicting defendant after a jury trial of robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 3 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

*245Defendant and two others were charged with a gunpoint robbery. Before the commencement of defendant’s trial, the codefendant who wielded the gun pleaded guilty, with the understanding that he would testify against defendant. Prior to defense counsel’s opening statement, the court refused to require the prosecutor to disclose whether…