Court Opinion

ID: 5815285
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 19:40:42.4596+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:42:58.853544
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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County rendered October 17, 1975, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), petit larceny and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. We believe that it was proper for the trial court to have denied a defense request that the court appoint a handwriting expert to compare defendant’s signature on two confessions with subsequent exemplars, which are inherently suspect (see United States v Lam Muk Chiu, 522 F2d 330). We have examined defendant’s remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Latham, Acting P. J., Margett, Suozzi and Mollen, JJ., concur.