People v. Johnson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Stroebel, Jr., J.), rendered January 23, 1984, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the second degree.

Defendant was indicted and charged with robbery in the first degree and grand larceny in the second degree based on a *1006September 1983 robbery of a bank in the City of Schenectady. Defendant allegedly gave a teller a note which read, "Give me all your money. I am armed.” At the time, his right hand was kept motionless in his coat pocket. As one of the elements of first degree robbery, the…