People v. Lucas

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), rendered July 29, 1987, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 4 to 12 years, is unanimously affirmed.

The defendant and a codefendant were arrested by two plain-clothes police officers who observed them and a third party jump the complainant. The complainant stated that they took his loose bills and wallet from his pocket while his face was held to the sidewalk. The third person ran and was not apprehended. The wallet was never…