People v. Banks

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J), rendered November 6, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of seven years, unanimously affirmed.

The testimony of the victim of a nearby and contemporaneous uncharged robbery was properly admitted as it was inextricably linked with the charged robberies (see People v Vails, 43 NY2d 364, 368-369 [1977]; People v Gines, 36 NY2d 932 [1975]; People v Pettaway, 30 AD3d 257, 258 [2006], lv denied…