People v. Mai

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered March 21, 1990, convicting defendant after jury trial of four counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 2V£ to 7 Vi years in prison, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of robberies committed in two Chinese restaurants in which he and an accomplice used the same modus operandi. Defendant stood with his hand in his pocket, as if he were concealing a weapon, while the accomplice told the cashier that he was from the Ghost Shadows Gang and demanded money. His defense was,…