People v. Russo

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), rendered June 14, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial because of extensive testimony at the trial concerning his pretrial identification. However, the Trial Judge properly permitted police testimony concerning the lineup for the purpose of rebutting the defendant’s suggestion that the eyewitness Kubiak was not credible and that the lineup was not properly…