People v. Dunlap

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Leone, J.), rendered April 17, 1981, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed, and case remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).

The trial court’s intervention in the examination of various witnesses was neither excessive nor partial, but, rather, was a proper exercise of its power to clarify facts and issues and to expedite the progress of the trial (see, People v Moulton, 43…