People v. Walker

Judgment of conviction of robbery, first degree, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered February 3, 1977, modified, on the law, by reduction to robbery, second degree, the sentence vacated, defendant-appellant remanded for resentence, and otherwise affirmed. John Clark was ascending a stairway in a brownstone building when suddenly there was a melee between defendant, codefendant Ashland, and Clark. It was the prosecution’s theory, accepted by the jury, that the other two attacked Clark; indeed, at one point, defendant put his hand in Clark’s pocket. Others joined the battle on Clark’s…