People v. Jones

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Blyn, J., at Huntley hearing; George Roberts, J., at plea and sentence), rendered May 19, 1980, convicting defendant after a plea of guilty of attempted robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to one to three years’ imprisonment, reversed, on the law and the facts, the plea of guilty vacated, defendant’s motion to suppress granted, and the action remanded for further proceedings. The owner of the coffee shop who had been robbed at gunpoint gave the police the name of a former employee, the defendant, as the robber. Defendant was arrested…