People v. Burkhardt

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pi-taro, J.), rendered January 14, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant presented at trial the testimony of four character witnesses who stated that the defendant had a reputation for honesty in the community and was incapable of committing armed robbery. On this appeal, the defendant argues that he was deprived of a fair trial by reason of the court’s having instructed the jury that character…