People v. Burgh

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Coutant, J.), rendered January 21,1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the first degree. Defendant and his accomplice, Grayson Banks, robbed at knifepoint a Binghamton taxi driver. During the robbery the driver received knife wounds to his face and hand. Banks confessed shortly after being arrested. The police investigation which followed revealed that defendant was the other man involved. Each was accused in a one-count indictment of aiding and abetting the other in committing robbery in the first…