People v. Vargas

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Thomas, J.), rendered January 5, 1993, convicting him *416of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and attempted robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was indicted, inter alia, for various crimes relating to a sexual assault in 1992. The People moved, prior to trial, for leave to introduce evidence on their direct case concerning the underlying facts and circumstances of sexual…