People v. Cortez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Corriero, J.), rendered June 21, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by virtue of an experiment conducted by a member of the jury during the course of its deliberations. After the conclusion of the trial, the prosecutor and trial counsel met with the jurors and discussed the verdict. It was disclosed that one of the jurors, in determining whether the defendant…