People v. Ellison

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.), rendered October 30, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree.

This appeal arises out of defendant’s conviction, after a jury trial, of the crimes of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree. The two-count indictment alleged that defendant forcibly stole cash in the approximate amount of $234 from an employee of Tanana Oil Company in the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, on Thanksgiving Day, November 24,…