PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON


25 A.D.2d 221 (1966)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie Richardson and Charles Wade, Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 31, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Adams, Jr., of counsel (Anthony F. Marra, attorney), for appellants.

Alan F. Leibowitz of counsel (Michael Juviler with him on the brief; Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney), for respondent.

BOTEIN, P. J., BREITEL, EAGER and BASTOW, JJ., concur.


RABIN, J.

Defendants, Willie Richardson and Charles Wade, were convicted of robbery in the first degree. At the trial, the People relied primarily on the testimony of the victim, one Chong, a Chinese waiter, who testified as follows: On July 16, 1963, at around 1:30 A.M. he returned from his job to his home in the Alfred E. Smith project, and was followed into the elevator of the building in which he resides by three young men. When the elevator reached...

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