People v. Taylor

*270OPINION OF THE COURT

Bloom, J.

This somewhat bizarre robbery and burglary arose out of a debt of $150 allegedly owed by Melvin Tisdale to Miguel “Pinky” Colon. It has resulted in four convictions after trial, Colon, John “Blood” Nash, and the two defendants now before us. A fifth defendant, Michael Graham, pleaded guilty. Colon has not perfected his appeal. The conviction of Nash was affirmed by us without opinion (89 AD2d 1064). Leave to appeal was denied (57 NY2d 960, Cooke, Ch J). Graham has not appealed.

The circumstances which led to the crimes are indeed unusual. Melvin and his brother…