Under the facts of this case, the defendant could not have committed the crimes of robbery in the first degree without also possessing a weapon. The People concede that "the jury's verdicts of guilty on the three first-degree robbery counts * * * require dismissal of the weapons possession counts * * * and the setting aside of the convictions on those counts" and we agree (People v Smith,
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