The New Jersey robbery statute under which defendant was previously convicted (NJ Stat Annot § 2C:15-1 [a] [2]) punishes the knowing use of force in the immediate flight from a theft, while the New York robbery statute (Penal Law § 160.00) punishes only the use of force with the intent to compel a person to give up his property or prevent resistance to the taking. As the People concede, since the New Jersey statute is broader and proscribes conduct that is not a...
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