People v. Smith

*1000OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard A. Goldberg, J.

Defendant was arrested and charged with robbery in the first degree, grand larceny in the third and fourth degrees, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the third degree and reckless endangerment, all arising out of the November 30, 1989 gunpoint theft of a 1987 Nissan Maxima from 3 Brothers Auto Sales in Brooklyn.

Defendant had taken a test drive and had negotiated a sale price of $11,000 for the car when he suddenly produced a handgun, took the keys, fired one shot, and then drove off in the car. In his haste to flee the car dealer’s office, he…