People v. Burch

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pincus, J.), rendered January 15, 1987, convicting him of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A decision regarding recusal is generally a matter of personal conscience (see, People v Smith, 63 NY2d 41, 68, cert denied 469 US 1227, reh denied 471 US 1049;. People v Reid, 140 AD2d 641). The mere fact that the Justice who presided over the joint pretrial…