Subdivision (4) of Penal Law § 160.15 defines robbery in the first degree so as to require that in the course of forcibly stealing property the perpetrator "[d]isplays what appears to be a pistol, revolver ... or other firearm." Such "display must actually be witnessed in some manner by the victim" of the crime (People v Baskerville,
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