People v. Bellinger

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jerome W. Marks, J., at hearing; Harold J. Rothwax, J., at trial and sentence), entered July 24, 1989, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [1]) and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 4 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Complainant was attacked and robbed by three men on January 24, 1989 at approximately 5:00 p.m. while walking on Canal Street in the City and County of New York. He was grabbed from behind and held by one assailant as two accomplices each held one…