Unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the robbery second degree and weapon counts, and otherwise affirmed.
On the facts of this case, the defendant could not have committed the robbery, first degree, without committing robbery in the second degree and possessing the weapon. Where the verdict is comprised of inclusory concurrent counts, a verdict of guilty on the greater is deemed a dismissal of the lesser counts (People v Orr,
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