People v. Briggs

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered January 10, 1989, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant asserts that the trial court’s charge in the nature of a predeliberation Allen instruction (see, Allen v United States, 164 US 492) was unduly coercive, resulting in a deprivation of his right to a fair trial (see, People v Ali, 47 NY2d 920). We disagree. The court stressed the importance of rendering a verdict which was founded on each…