People v. Brown

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Barrett, J.), rendered July 29, 1994, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the third degree.

Defendant was charged in a three-count indictment with robbery in the second degree and two counts of assault in the third degree. It was alleged that on June 11, 1993, in Tompkins County, defendant, aided by another person later identified as Ishka Alpern, forcibly stole property from Mark Lelik and caused him to sustain physical injury. County Court dismissed the first and third counts charging robbery in the…