People v. Pinero-Baez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered June 9, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of five years, and judgment, same court (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered July 16, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a concurrent term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in permitting the People to introduce a…