People v. Safon

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The People presented legally sufficient evidence of the use of force to support defendant’s conviction for third degree robbery of a convenience store. Proof that the store clerk grabbed the hand in which defendant was holding the money and the two tugged at each other until defendant’s hand slipped out of the glove holding the money was sufficient to prove that defendant used physical force for the purpose of overcoming the victim’s resistance to the taking (see, Penal Law § 160.00 [1]; People v Crandall, 135 AD2d 1084; 2 LaFave and Scott,…