People v. Cole

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Diaz, J.), rendered December 21, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, 25 years to life and ZVi to 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Although the trial court was warranted in concluding that the original of defendant’s handwritten confession had been lost, even assuming a violation of the best evidence rule, any error was…