People v. Rodriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered March 23, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 7 Vi to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and an unapprehended accomplice were charged with the robbery of a cabdriver. The cabdriver testified that he picked up defendant and another in the Times Square area, had an opportunity to observe them on one occasion when he ran out of gas and had to refill the tank, and they…