People v. Gilliam

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 18,1970, affirmed. No opinion. Cohalan, Christ, Benjamin and Munder, JJ., concur; Hopkins, Acting P. J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to grant a new trial, with the following memorandum: Defendant has been convicted after a jury trial of the crime of robbery in the third degree. The conviction necessarily depended on the identification of defendant by the victim of the robbery and her 11-year-old son, as they testified that the crime occurred in an elevator of an apartment house with no one else present. They…