People v. Williams

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard C. Failla, J.), rendered December 20, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of imprisonment of 4 to 8 years, unanimously affirmed.

According to the People, defendant was chased by complainant and four of his friends into a subway station after defendant and two cohorts stole a sum of money from complainant. Eventually, defendant was cornered by two of complainant’s friends in a subway car, and, responding to a demand that he return the…