People v. Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was charged with robbery in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, for having forcibly stolen two bottles of body wash from a pharmacy. Complainant, a security officer employed by the store, testified at trial that he observed defendant remove the bottles from a shelf, conceal them in his pants and attempt to leave the store. He further testified that when he tried to stop defendant from leaving the store with the items, defendant punched him twice in the…