People v. Covington

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lakritz, J.), rendered May 26, 1987, convicting her of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s conviction arose out of her involvement with her husband, Carlton Walker, in the shooting death and robbery of Aiwuyo Akhionbare, a cab driver, on November 15, 1983. The defendant admitted her presence in the taxicab during the commission of the crime.…