People v. Crane

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weissman, J.), rendered July 23, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.

The instant appeal involves the forcible taking of a moped on December 5, 1985, for which the defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree. We conclude that the defendant’s judgment of conviction must be reversed by reason of the…