People v. Knighton

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Coutant, J.), rendered April 5, 1988 in Broome County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the first degree.

In February 1987, an armed robbery occurred at the Food King Supermarket in the City of Binghamton, Broome County. Immediately following the robbery, three store employees who witnessed the robbery gave descriptions of the perpetrator to the police. Subsequently, the same three witnesses identified defendant in a photographic array and a lineup as the perpetrator of the crime.

*905Following his indictment for robbery in…