People v. Clarke

Appeal by defendant Clarke from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered December 5, 1972, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and indictment dismissed as to defendant Clarke. Defendant Clarke, along with a codefendant (Sanders), was convicted of robbery in the first degree. He and his codefendant had been charged with aiding and abetting one Edward Gladman, the actual perpetrator; and the sole evidence linking Clarke to the robbery was his own “ admissions ”, In our view, this…