People v. Atkins

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Haft, J.), rendered January 3, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of one count of robbery in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Police officers on routine patrol observed defendant struggling with the complainant, a taxicab driver, in a parked cab. Defendant was discovered to be armed with a chisel, with which he inflicted wounds on the complainant, and was also found in possession of money claimed by the…