People v. McMahon

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.), rendered December 22, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree (2 counts), and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 3V2 to 7 years, 2 to 4 years and 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. “Given that defendant was in possession of the stolen property while he was engaged in [a struggle with the victim], the jury was entitled to infer that his purpose in using force was…