Spain, J.
Defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree as a consequence of his January 1995 assault upon a 70-year-old woman in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, during which he forcibly seized her purse causing her to fall and break her arm (see, Penal Law § 160.15 [1]). At trial, the People presented the testimony of an eyewitness who had observed defendant at close range fleeing with the purse and rummaging through it, and who identified...
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