People v. Wise

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered July 12, 1989, convicting defendant after a jury trial of robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him as a second felony offender to an indeterminate prison term of from 3Vi to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant robbed a man entering a subway turnstile, who immediately grabbed defendant and prevented him from fleeing. Defendant grabbed his victim around the neck and hit the *596man’s head against the metal grating by the turnstile. As they struggled, defendant threw money to the ground, at which time transit…