People v. Demps

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Breslin, J.), rendered August 3, 2012 in Ulster County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the third degree.

Defendant was indicted on one count of robbery in the first degree after he drove codefendant Daniel E Kerwin to a WalMart store in the Town of Ulster, Ulster County and Kerwin stole a 32-inch television set after a brief physical altercation with one of the store’s employees. The People requested a Molineux hearing, seeking to introduce evidence during their direct case of a second incident later that day at a…