People v. Phillips

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered October 13, 1977, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of robbery in *736the first degree, affirmed. To the factual delineation ably set forth in the dissent, we add the following observations: The lighting in the elevators where complainant, Maria Figueroa, was robbed was good at the time of the incident; complainant, after the incident, realized that she had seen the defendant in the neighborhood; complainant resisted the defendant and took part in the subsequent chase of defendant; two weeks later, complainant recognized defendant, who was…