People v. Simpkins

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Sullivan, J), rendered March 8, 2006, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts) and robbery in the second degree (four counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In reviewing a claim of legal insufficiency, the evidence must *705be viewed in the light most favorable to the People (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]). The evidence that, on three occasions, the defendant displayed what appeared to be a firearm while demanding money from the victims…