The jury acquitted defendant of the crime of robbery in the first degree. On this appeal defendant argues that the proof at trial was insufficient to support his conviction under the second count of the indictment for robbery in the second degree. Specifically, defendant contends that the People failed to prove an essential element of that lesser crime, namely that in the course of the robbery he was "aided by another person actually present". (Penal Law § 160.10 [1...
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