Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 29, 2012 (People v. Castellano)

Garry, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Jacon, J.), rendered January 4, 2008, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of robbery in the second degree (two counts).

In December 2006, a convenience store employee (hereinafter the victim) reported to the City of Rensselaer Police Department that the store had been robbed at gunpoint.