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People v. Best

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 13, 1979
72 A.D.2d 777 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)

Opinion

November 13, 1979


Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 4, 1974, convicting him of robbery in the second and third degrees and grand larceny in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment modified, on the law, by reversing the convictions of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree, and the sentences imposed thereon, and the counts on which said convictions are based are dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed. Under the facts of the instant case, defendant could not have committed the crime of robbery in the second degree pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 160.10 Penal of the Penal Law, without having also committed the crimes of robbery in the third degree pursuant to section 160.05 Penal of the Penal Law and grand larceny in the third degree pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 155.30 Penal of the Penal Law. Accordingly, the guilty verdict on the count charging robbery in the second degree requires the dismissal of the inclusory concurrent counts (see CPL 300.40, subd 3, par [b]; see, also, People v Perez, 45 N.Y.2d 204; People v Johnson, 39 N.Y.2d 364). O'Connor, J.P., Rabin, Gulotta and Margett, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Best

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 13, 1979
72 A.D.2d 777 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)
Case details for

People v. Best

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM BEST, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 13, 1979

Citations

72 A.D.2d 777 (N.Y. App. Div. 1979)