People v. Kress

Judgment of the County Court of Kings County convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the first degree affirmed. No opinion. Lazansky, P. J., Johnston and Adel, JJ., concur; Hagarty and Taylor, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the judgment of conviction and to order a new trial, with the following memorandum: By proof independent of the accomplice’s testimony the jury was enabled to find that approximately two weeks prior to the commission of the crime charged in the indictment this defendant was on board the speedboat utilized in the commission of the robbery in company with certain…