People v. Tucker

Appeal from a judgment of the Albany County Court, rendered May 19, 1976, upon a verdict convicting defendant of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law, § 160.10, subd 1). At about 12:30 p.m. on February 19, 1976, the defendant and a female companion, Joyce Ann Miller, entered the Armadillo Clothing Store on Washington Avenue in the City of Albany and began looking at men’s suits on a rack only 10 feet from the cashier’s post where the People’s principal witness, Miss Guillet, was standing. When their actions became suspicious, Miss Guillet moved toward them and asked that they stop handling…