People v. Bennett

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered October 25, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4 to 8 years and 1½ to 3 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s guilt was proven by legally sufficient evidence that he and three others formed a human wall that blocked the victim’s path as the victim attempted to pursue someone who had picked his pocket, allowing the robber to get away. The requirement that…