People v. Addison

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam Altman, J.), rendered May 2, 1986, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of kidnapping in the first degree, robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentenced him to 15 years to life and concurrent lesser terms, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant robbed, at gunpoint, an employee and patrons of a pizzeria in upper Manhattan. After taking their money and jewelry, he locked the victims in a rest room in the rear of the store. Defendant was standing alone in the front of the…