People v. Riddick (180 A.D.2d 831, 1992)

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), rendered January 17, 1986, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claims that a missing witness charge was required and that the trial court erred in singling him and his codefendant out as interested witnesses were considered by this court and rejected on the codefendant’s appeal (People v Caldwell, 134 AD2d 440), and we find no basis to reach a different conclusion on the defendant’s appeal. Furthermore, the defendant received the effective assistance of counsel and was not prejudiced by counsel’s carefully-considered strategy of impeaching a police witness with previous testimony or by the failure to move for a separate trial (see, People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137). The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05 [2]) or without merit. Thompson, J. P., Harwood, Balletta and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.