People v. Sanders

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of' the County Court, Nassau County, rendered December 5, 1972, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. Defendant, along with a codefendant (Clarke), was convicted of robbery in the first degree. They had been charged with aiding ánd abetting one Edward G-ladman, the actual perpetrator of the robbery. As we noted in our decision on the codefendant’s appeal (People v. Clarke, 43 A D 2d 834), the…