People v. Cook

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany *529County, rendered April 28, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the first degree and burglary in the first degree. Edwin Hotaling and his wife were attacked by three intruders while sleeping in their home at 71 Beach Avenue, Albany, New York, during the early morning hours of November 18, 1974. The intruders wore stocking masks, were armed and demanded money and other valuables. They bound the couple together and ransacked the house. The three men then left the Hotaling home and started the Hotaling…