PEOPLE v. CASTILLO


8 N.Y.3d 959 (2007)

868 N.E.2d 185

836 N.Y.S.2d 505

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JUAN CASTILLO, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Michael S. Morgan and Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel), for appellant.

Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City (Jonathan Marvinny, Richard M. Greenberg and Sara Gurwitch of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was indicted for various crimes, including criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the first degree under Penal Law § 160.15 (4), arising out of a robbery of a known drug dealer in Manhattan.

Penal Law § 160.15 provides that "[a] person is guilty of robbery in the first degree...

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