People v. Johnston

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered March 27, 1989, convicting her of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the third degree, and grand larceny in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court deprived her of a fair trial by coercing her codefendant, Jerome Smalls, to testify against her under the threat that he would be resentenced to a longer term of imprisonment. She argues that the court, by this action, violated…