People v. Watts
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered May 18, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, he was not deprived of a fair trial by being tried jointly with the two codefendants (see, CPL 200.40 [1]). The decision to sever a case for separate trial rests in the sound discretion of the Trial Judge (see, People v Mahboubian, 74 NY2d 174, 183). Where, as in the instant case, the proof against all of the…
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