People v. Mabre

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Lowe, J.), rendered May 15, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [1], [2] [b]), for which he was sentenced, as a persistent violent felony offender, to 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

This conviction arose out of a late-night mugging by defendant and an accomplice on the upper east side. The victim was a night manager of a bar and restaurant, who was transporting the evening’s proceeds from the restaurant to the next-door office which required exit and entrance…