People v. Gaines

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered October 18, 1991, convicting defendant of robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 4V2 to 9 and 3 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was accused of a robbery committed with accomplices on September 18, 1990, at a mini-market located on 7th Avenue and 115th Street in Manhattan. Sayed, an employee, recognized defendant, a regular customer, as one of the robbers. On May 23, 1991, one of the store employees who had not been present on the day of the robbery…