Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Israel Colon, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-05-20
Citations: 261 A.D.2d 287
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Colon, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 287–287

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Colon, Appellant.
[688 NYS2d 886]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered September 5, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the second degree and two counts of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years and 3x/2 to 7 years, consecutive to a term of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
Brief and limited background testimony concerning one of the arresting officer's service with the Emergency Services Unit could not have deprived defendant of a fair trial. Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Williams, Rubin, Andidas and Friedman, JJ.