People v. Merriweather

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Irving Lang, J.), rendered March 24, 1988, convicting defendant after a jury trial of attempted robbery in the first degree and assault in the second degree and sentencing him as a persistent violent felony offender to concurrent terms of 22 years to life and 15 years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant attempted to rob his victim, who was returning from the bank carrying some $10,000 in cash, at gunpoint, in mid-afternoon, near Fifth Avenue and 37th Street. During the struggle, defendant beat the victim several times with the gun…