People v. Adams

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [2] [a]), arising from his theft of a purse from an 83-year-old woman. There was a struggle over the purse, causing an injury to the victim’s right shoulder that -required the victim’s hospitalization for eight days. The victim thereafter had limited use of her right arm and required assistance in dressing herself. Although the victim was unable to identify her attacker, an eyewitness identified defendant’s photograph from two photographic arrays and…