People v. McKay

Defendant, a person of low mentality (if not a mental defective), was convicted after nonjury trial of the crime of an attempt to commit the crime of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law, §§ 2,2126), and sentenced as a fourth felony offender to a term of 15 years to life (Penal Law, § 1942). The evidence sustained the conviction. All of the defendant’s felony convictions are of the same pattern and apparently committed in much the same manner. While there may be some question of his mental ability to cope with the everyday problems of life, there is no doubt that defendant is not insane…