People v. Middleton

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered on September 22, 1988, convicting defendant, after a trial by jury, of robbery in the third degree and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of 2Vi to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of snatching a chain from the complainant. The police officer testified that after he had a conversation with the complainant, he arrested defendant. *351Defendant contends that this was improper bolstering by a police officer of the complainant’s identification of defendant. Bolstering by a police officer alone…