Opinion
2000-06699
Argued June 10, 2003.
June 30, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), rendered June 29, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Jay L. Weiner of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Roni C. Piplani, and Donna Aldea of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, NANCY E. SMITH, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly admitted evidence of other crimes on the issue of identity. There was clear and convincing evidence of both a unique modus operandi and of the defendant's identity as the perpetrator of the other crimes. Further, the probative value of the evidence outweighed the potential prejudice to the defendant ( see People v. Cornish, 280 A.D.2d 552).
The defendant's remaining contentions, raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit.
PRUDENTI, P.J., ALTMAN, SMITH and ADAMS, JJ., concur.