People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtChrist, J.
The underlying facts are not in dispute. The defendant and an accomplice were each charged, in a four-count indictment, with the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and two counts of grand larceny in the third degree. The indictment recites, and the trial proof confirms, that the defendant’s accomplice displayed a pistol during the robbery. The necessary elements of robbery in the first degree are present. There is the "deadly weapon” and the "use” or threatened immediate use of a "dangerous instrument” (Penal Law, § 160.15). However, the weapon was possessed and the dangerous…
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