People v. Betances

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Elbert C. Hinkson, J.), rendered February 11, 1987, convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him to concurrent terms of from 10 to 20 years and 3 Vi to 7 years, respectively, is unanimously affirmed.

The People’s loss of certain evidence was the result of inadvertence. Defendant has failed to allege any prejudice arising from the failure to preserve this evidence, in support of his Rosario claim. (People v Martinez, 71 NY2d 937, 940.) Moreover,…