People v. White

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County, rendered February 24, 1977, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of robbery in the first degree. On August 6, 1976 at 1:30 a.m., just before closing time, an Albany bar named Garrett’s Place was robbed by two armed Black males. On September 2, 1976, upon his arrest for parole violation defendant, after waiving his Miranda rights, confessed to the robbery and implicated a codefendant. The codefendant, one Melvin Everett, confessed to the robbery in substantially the same terms upon his subsequent arrest.…