People v. Porpeglia

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered April 28, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, coercion in the first degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree.

Defendant’s criminal convictions arise out of his January 8, 1988 robbery of a branch of Northeast Savings Bank in the Village of Voorheesville, Albany County, during the course of which he took a bank customer hostage and forced her to drive him to a location near his apartment. The only issues raised on…