PEOPLE v. WATKINS

2019-14585. Ind. No. 979/18.

200 A.D.3d 1078 (2021)

159 N.Y.S.3d 132

2021 NY Slip Op 07565

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rahmel Watkins, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Goldberg , Franklin Square, NY, for appellant.

Joyce A. Smith , Acting District Attorney, Mineola, NY ( Kevin C. King and Michael J. Blach of counsel), for respondent.

Austin, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Barros and Genovesi, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2018, the defendant was in Far Rockaway, Queens, with a female companion, Zakiyyah Steward, and others. The defendant was driving back to Brooklyn with his female companion as his passenger when she received a telephone call from Steward asking them to accompany her to the casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack. The defendant changed course and met up with Steward in her vehicle and the driver...

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