People v. Irizarry

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

Defendant-appellant and his codefendant Alberto Rosario consented to trial by dual juries, at which the trial court followed virtually all of the procedures described, and cau tiously approved, in People v Ricardo B. (73 NY2d 228)— except sealing of the first jury’s verdict until the second verdict was returned. We reject defendant’s contention that this departure from Ricardo B. requires us to reverse defendant’s conviction.

The murder charges against defendant stemmed from the robbery of Blue Star Paper Products in Brooklyn, planned by defendant,…