People v. Mitchell

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Calabretta, J.), rendered January 6, 1983, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (two counts), and criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The trial court erred in its charge on recent exclusive possession of stolen property in repeatedly referring to a “presumption” of guilt flowing therefrom. We find, however, that the charge nevertheless conveyed the proper standards to the jury. Throughout the instructions, the jury was…