People v. Darby

*452OPINION OF THE COURT

Bellacosa, J.

Defendant, tried with two accomplices, was convicted after a jury trial of multiple counts of burglary and robbery in the first and second degrees, assault in the second degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon. He and four others broke into the home of a woman early one morning and terrorized her by the commission of many crimes against her person and property. They departed with her purse and television set.

Two issues are presented to us: first, whether the trial court committed reversible error requiring a new trial when it did not allow…