Indicted for robbery in the first degree, defendant was found guilty of the larcenous taking of a wallet, containing only identification papers and no money, from the person of a neighborhood acquaintance, Lester Mayers. The jury was free to reject defendant's explanation that Mr. Mayers had voluntarily relinquished the wallet to be held as a security pledge for an antecedent debt.
Complicating this rather simple issue on appeal, however, are the activities of the...
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