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People v. Bowman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 13, 1987
133 A.D.2d 701 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

Opinion

October 13, 1987

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Felig, J.).


Ordered that the judgment under indictment No. 101/83 is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the conviction of robbery in the first degree to one of robbery in the second degree; as so modified, that judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment under indictment No. 102/83 is affirmed.

The defendant contends, and the People concede, that the defendant's plea of guilty to robbery in the first degree under indictment No. 101/83 was inappropriate in that the gun displayed by the defendant during the robbery was a "beebee gun". We agree. However, the defendant was guilty of robbery in the second degree under indictment No. 101/83. The conviction is modified accordingly on the People's consent (see, Penal Law § 10.00; § 265.00 [3]; People v. Jones, 54 A.D.2d 740).

Further, the defendant's sentence under indictment No. 102/83 was not excessive. Mollen, P.J., Bracken, Rubin, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Bowman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 13, 1987
133 A.D.2d 701 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)
Case details for

People v. Bowman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT BOWMAN…

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

Date published: Oct 13, 1987

Citations

133 A.D.2d 701 (N.Y. App. Div. 1987)

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