People v. Woods

After a jury trial, the defendant, George Woods, was found guilty of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law, § 160.10) and sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment with a maximum of 10 years. The Appellate *280Division affirmed the judgment of conviction. On this appeal, the defendant argues that the evidence introduced by the People at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict.

At approximately 10:45 a.m. on August 2, 1972, Miriam Ukiwe, the complainant, a nurse who had been living in this country for about two years, was walking along Clinton Street in Brooklyn. As she…