People v. Baskerville

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (Goldman, J.), rendered October 30, 1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery m the first degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree. At approximately 8:50 a.m. on April 11, 1981, a man described as a black male in his early twenties held up the base exchange at the Plattsburgh Air Force base, escaping with $29,250 in small bills wrapped in Air Force base wrappers and placed in a brown plastic garbage bag. Witnesses identified him as wearing a blue sweatjacket with its hood…