Legal Opinion

People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 24, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.), rendered May 13, 1994, convicting defendant, after non-jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the People, defendant’s guilt of second degree robbery was proven by legally sufficient evidence. Defendant threatened the complainant with words and gestures, and ripped the complainant’s gold chain from his neck (see, People v Henry, 204 AD2d 187, 188, Iv denied 84 NY2d 826),…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. HenryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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