Legal Opinion
People v. Gordon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2014PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rivera, J.
In this appeal, we conclude that the People’s failure to recover stolen property from defendant does not forestall their ability to establish that her conscious objective in threatening or using physical force was to prevent or overcome resistance to the taking or retention of that stolen property. We therefore modify the Appellate Division order to reinstate defendant’s convictions of robbery in the first and second degrees; and to remit the case to the Appellate Division for consideration of the facts; and, as so modified, affirm.
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Defendant Hazel Gordon was…
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