PEOPLE v. ACOSTA


176 A.D.2d 534 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richie Acosta, Appellant

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

October 10, 1991


At approximately 5:00 P.M. on March 29, 1988, defendant entered the Carnegie Hill Cosmetics Store at 1400 Madison Avenue with an unidentified accomplice. Approaching the cashier, Aida Arvello, defendant displayed what appeared to be a gun and demanded money. After Ms. Arvello complied, defendant ordered her to the back of the store, where she was joined by two co-workers, and from which she continued to observe defendant talking with his accomplice. When the robbers left...

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