People v. Classen — 187 A.D.2d 279

Majority

p. 279

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Richard Classen, Appellant.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered May 2, 1991, convicting defendant after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him as a second violent felony offender to a term of 10 to 20 years, to be served concurrent with a term of 6 to 12 years, imposed on defendant’s plea of guilty

p. 280

before the same court to the charge of robbery in the first degree, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, who was recognized by complainant, robbed complainant of a gold chain at gunpoint. Complainant immediately informed the police and subsequently identified the defendant in a lineup. While the trial court interjected its opinion on two occasions as to the relevance of counsel’s cross-examination, and made an observation as to the relative sizes of defendant and the complainant, any potential prejudice was minimized by the court’s immediate and comprehensive curative instructions (People v Almeida, 159 AD2d 508 , 509, lv denied 76 NY2d 730 ; cf., People v Comer, 73 NY2d 955 , 956-957).

We have examined defendant’s remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Kupferman and Kassal, JJ.