People v. Price

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Clyne, J.), rendered March 8, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of burglary in the first degree.

On September 17, 1983, at approximately 5:15 p.m., the complainant, 78-year-old Hazel Domery, was in her apartment near the entranceway when a man pushed open the door, knocking her to the floor. In addition to being brutally beaten by the intruder, Domery’s glasses were broken, her apartment was searched and $15 in cash was taken. The incident took less than 10 minutes. As soon as her attacker left,…