People v. Gardner

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Braun, J.), rendered June 9, 1999, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree (three counts), and grand larceny in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The complainant testified that the defendant pressed a round object, which she believed to be a gun, up against her rib area, and said, “Don’t scream or I’ll shoot you” or “Don’t scream or I’ll kill you.” This evidence was sufficient to establish that the defendant…