People v. Beard

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Corriere, J.), rendered February 19, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find that, although the testimony of a police officer *789improperly bolstered the identification testimony of the complainant, the error was harmless (see, People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230). The complainant clearly identified the defendant as one of the men who robbed him on December 8, 1986. His testimony, in and of itself, clearly established that…