People v. Lopez

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph A. Cerbone, J.), rendered January 28, 1988, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of burglary in the second degree and sentencing him, as a predicate violent felony offender, to 7Vz to 15 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The police caught defendant in the act of burglarizing a residence. The arresting officer testified at defendant’s parole *566revocation hearing. Thirteen months later, as trial was about to commence and this officer was about to testify again, the prosecutor informed the court and defense counsel about the prior testimony…