State v. Joseph, A-5651-09T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Parrillo, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication June 4, 2012. Before Judges Parrillo, Grall and Alvarez. On appeal from the Law Division, Essex County, No. 08-04-1097. DDS No. 14-2-6508 [29 pp.]
Tried by a jury, defendant Renard Joseph was convicted of three counts of first-degree armed robbery, second-degree possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. The armed robberies of three individuals occurred at a beauty salon in Newark, where Gloria Reed and Keisha Munroe were patrons and Mary Luz Hernandez worked as a beautician. Detective Rodriguez and Sergeant Douglas of the Newark Police Department responded. The victims were transported separately to police headquarters, where each separately identified the suspect through a database of photographs.
