People v. Tyler

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Scheinman, J.), rendered March 3,1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the third degree and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. On May 2,1980, Mrs. Ruth King was attending a conference at the Concord Hotel in Sullivan County as a guest speaker. When the conference ended around noon, Mrs. King was informed by defendant, a hotel porter, that her materials would have to be removed from the conference room. Defendant, Mrs. King and another woman proceeded to pack the materials into boxes, and…