Defendant was properly convicted of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [3]). There was legally sufficient evidence that the large imitation revolver, made of metal and wood and used by defendant as a club or bludgeon to strike the complaining witness, constituted a dangerous instrument within the meaning of Penal Law § 10.00 (13). The jury examined the revolver and could have reasonably concluded that it was readily capable of causing death or serious...
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