People v. Young

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Herrick, J.), rendered March 22, 2011, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the first degree.

Defendant was involved in a brutal attack and robbery of a man in a parking lot in the City of Albany on the evening of June 13, 2010. A grand jury handed up a five-count indictment jointly charging defendant and two codefendants with assault in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree (two counts) and robbery in the second degree. Pursuant to a plea agreement, which also satisfied an…