People v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant has been convicted after a jury trial of robbery, first degree, and sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 25 years to life. The charge resulted from the early morning assault of Allison Brown in the elevator of her apartment house and the theft of her purse and its contents.

On this appeal defendant’s principal challenge is to the admission of several items of evidence. First, he contends that his unlawful street detention by the police…