People v. Bernardo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Micki Scherer, J.), rendered October 20, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree (two counts), grand larceny in the third degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 16 years to life, 16 years to life, 2 to 4 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The evidence established that defendant’s level of…