People v. Basilone

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (LaCava, J.), rendered September 22, 1989, convicting him of robbery in *748the first degree, robbery in the second degree, grand larceny in the second degree, grand larceny in the third degree, and coercion in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On appeal, the defendant argues that the court incorrectly refused to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense to the charge of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]). We disagree. It was…