People v. Cotarelo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*942Defendant has been convicted of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15) as a result of holding up a Staten Island delicatessen. During the course of the holdup an alarm was activated summoning the owner of the store. When defendant saw the owner outside, he placed the barrel of his gun at the back of the cashier’s neck and threatened to shoot her if the owner tried to enter the store. Defendant and his accomplice then removed the money from the cash register and made their exit through a door at the…