People v. Lucas

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Beerman, J.), rendered June 28, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the second degree (two counts), and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was arrested after he and an accomplice beat and robbed an attendant at a Queens gas station while another employee looked on. At trial, the People presented the testimony of the victim and the employee as well as the defendant’s written confession.…