People v. Pol

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered February 24, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s contention that he was unduly prejudiced by the court’s consciousness of guilt charge is without merit, since the charge, when viewed in its entirety, did not mislead or confuse the jurors (People v Wise, 204 AD2d 133, 135, lv denied 83 NY2d 973). The court incorrectly suggested that the defense conceded that defendant had…