People v. Walker

Defendant Walker and one Thelma Linnigan were charged by an information with the crime of robbery. Prom a judgment of conviction following jury verdicts finding them both guilty of robbery in the first degree, Walker alone appeals.

Three contentions are made: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment of conviction of robbery in the first degree; (2) that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury on larceny as a lesser and included offense; and (3) that the court erred in permitting the court reporter to read the instructions to the jury.

The only evidence offered on…