People v. Green

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [1]) and assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [6]). Defendant argues that, because the jury acquitted his codefendant of the robbery as an accomplice pursuant to Penal Law § 20.00, the verdict is repugnant. He contends that the jury necessarily made the contradictory findings that, in committing the robbery, the defendant was "aided by another person actually present” and that, for accomplice liability purposes, the…