People v. Kelly

The defendant-appellant was convicted in the County Court of Erie County of the crime of robbery in the first degree. As a second offender, he was sentenced to a term of from 15 to 30 years. The indictment upon which he was tried *479accused appellant and one “John Doe ” (a fictitious name) with the crime, alleging that each “ being aided by the other actually present, feloniously robbed Francis Ledger against his will and by placing him in fear of immediate injury by taking from his person and possession sixty cents in money and a cigarette lighter which he then and there had.” Who “ John Doe ”…