People v. Hinton

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Barrett, J.), rendered February 21, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly allowed the prosecutor to establish *429the fact that the accomplice in the robbery was defendant’s brother, and to comment on this fact during summation. The familial relationship “was relevant to prove that [the accomplice] and defendant had acted together because it was more likely that they acted together if they knew…