People v. Miller

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Traficanti, Jr., J.), rendered May 15, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the second degree.

In January 1989, defendant was indicted for robbery in the second degree. The charge in the indictment stemmed from a December 1988 incident where defendant allegedly stole approximately $300 in cash from Elbert Crenshaw at gunpoint. During the trial of the matter, the People sought to offer a small .25-caliber handgun as a demonstrative aid to the jury, based upon Crenshaw’s testimony that he saw defendant…