People v. Valentin

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rutledge, J.), rendered June 26, 1996, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree (two counts), grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the…