People v. Mance

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered August 28, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence supporting the element of physical injury under the robbery count was legally sufficient. The victim’s testimony that he was repeatedly hit hard and knocked down, coupled with the evidence of his bruises, his absence from work for one week, and his doctor’s prescription of painkillers five days after the…