People v. Edey

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered June 15, 1990, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim that the court’s initial charge was coercive, thereby denying him a fair trial, has not been preserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Udzinski, 146 AD2d 245). In any event, the claim is without merit inasmuch as the court’s instructions were essentially neutral…