People v. Aljerari

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered May 17, 2012, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crime of attempted robbery in the second degree (two counts).

Defendant was charged in an indictment with robbery in the second degree after she forcibly stole a purse from an elderly woman walking on the street and knocked her to the ground. Shortly thereafter, she was charged in a superior court information with robbery in the second degree following a similar incident in which an employee of a nail salon operated by defendant’s mother attempted…