People v. Roldan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of robbery in the first degree following a jury trial. Eyewitness testimony showed that defendant and an accomplice were engaged in conversation prior to the robbery, and that during the course of the crime, defendant stood by "looking out” over the surrounding area while the accomplice robbed the two victims at knife- point. Police officers added proof that defendant and the accomplice fled the scene together and were apprehended a few blocks away.

The Appellate Division…