People v. Mitchell

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered March 16, 2009, convicting defendant following a nonjury trial of the crime of robbery in the third degree.

As the result of an incident wherein defendant and another man forcibly stole property from the victim, defendant was charged in an indictment with robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree (two counts). Defendant thereafter waived his right to a jury trial and stipulated to a set of facts wherein he used physical force against the victim and, in concert with another, took various…