People v. Berry

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flug, J.), rendered August 20, 1996, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, illegal possession of a vehicle identification number, and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim that the trial court improvidently exercised its discretion by failing to impose sanctions for the People’s failure to preserve a license plate that was attached to the stolen van at the time…