The trial court submitted to the jury the crime of robbery in the first degree under subdivision 3 of section 160.15 of the Penal Law which provides as follows: "A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree when he forcibly steals property and when, in the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime: * * * 3. Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument." We find that such was error....
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