People v. Greenridge

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County, rendered May 8, 1974, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the second degree. On February 8,1973, Smith’s Market, a family-owned grocery store in Kingston, New York, was held up by a shotgun-wielding robber. John Smith, part-owner of the store, was alone in the premises when a man, described by him as being about six feet tall and dressed in a blue overcoat, entered. When Smith, who was behind a three- and a half-foot counter restocking the cigarette rack, turned around, he noticed the man holding a…