People v. Clarke

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered October 22, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There was ample evidence that defendant participated in the robbery, while acting with another, and displayed what appeared to be a firearm (see, Penal Law § 160.10 [1], [2] [b]). Defendant’s companion ripped a…