People v. Rivera

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, *915Kings County (Beldock, J.), rendered May 14,1981, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. 11 Judgment affirmed. H The questions to be resolved on this appeal are, inter alia, whether: (1) the use of defendant’s prior Federal offense to impeach his credibility constituted prejudicial error because defendant had been treated as a youth offender under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (US Code, tit 18, § 5005 et seq.) and (2)…