People v. Robinson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kane, J.

At approximately 11:50 a.m. on December 12, 1978, Lettie Pinney, a teller at the Home Savings Bank at 163 Central Avenue in the City of Albany, was handed a manila envelope on which there was a smaller white envelope covered by a yellow withdrawal slip. Printed on the white envelope were the words, "This is a holdup. Your life is in danger. Put 100s, 50s, 20s in bag. Keep hands in sight at all times.” The purported customer was later described by Pinney as a man with a mustache in his twenties, over 5Vi feet tall, wearing a tan coat, a dark knit cap pulled down…