People v. Rivera

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Roman, J.), rendered April 9, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in ruling that, should he choose to testify, the prosecutor would be permitted to…