People v. Malcolm

OPINION OF THE COURT

Joseph Fisch, J.

Defendant, indicted for the crimes of robbery in the first *91and second degrees, assault in the second degree, and related offenses, was convicted after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree. The essence of the charges was that the defendant, armed with a knife, and aided by another unapprehended male, armed with a gun, robbed the complainant on an elevated subway platform, and during the commission of such robbery, stabbed him.

At trial, the complainant and two transit police officers, on duty and assigned to said location that evening, all testified…