People v. N'Guyen

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.), rendered February 14, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to a prison term of 7 Vi to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and others surrounded the complainant in the process of robbing him of his personalty. Defendant punched the complainant twice in the face, as another perpetrator instructed the complainant not to talk back.

Defendant’s contention that the complainant’s failure to testify on direct examination that money was taken from…