People v. Kirk

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered May 2, 2001, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, he was not denied his right to a fair trial by a brief reference in a police detective’s testimony to the defendant’s prior arrests. The Supreme Court sustained the defendant’s objection, struck the offending testimony, and issued a prompt curative instruction (see People v O’Garro, 293 AD2d 763, 764 [2002]). Any…