People v. Berry

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Micki Scherer, J.) rendered September 22, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, six counts of robbery in the second degree and one count of petit larceny, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 15 to 30 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting uncharged crimes evidence. The three consolidated indictments emanate from a crime spree in which defendant and a codefendant robbed numerous newsstands. The challenged testimony of the victims as to their…