People v. James

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J., at Wade hearing; Renee White, J., on omnibus motion; Alfred Kleiman, J., at trial and sentence), rendered November 15, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and robbery in the third degree and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 15 years to life and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s contention, sufficient evidence was adduced at trial to enable the jury to reasonably conclude that defendant threatened…