People v. Peterson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered July 11, 2013, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the first degree (two counts).

Pursuant to an agreement, defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery in the first degree stemming from two armed robberies of convenience stores in December 2012. He was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 10 years, to be followed by five years of postrelease supervision, and now appeals.

During the plea colloquy with regard to count one, defendant denied that the pistol he displayed…