People v. Jackson

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered June 23, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender to an indeterminate prison term of from fifteen years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The defendant approached the complainant in Pennsylvania Station and offered to sell him drugs. When the complainant refused, he was confronted by defendant’s 6 foot, 6 inch tall companion, who grabbed complainant by the collar, ripped a gold chain from complainant’s neck and pushed complainant…