People v. Rodriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered August 16, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of from 6V2 to 13 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and his companion Rivera were stopped by police officers for driving through a red light and then driving the wrong way down a one-way street. As the officers approached defendant’s vehicle they directed the occupants to exit and as they did so, the policemen observed a sword-like knife on the…