People v. Ferrer

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of robbery in *965the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He was sentenced, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 14 years followed by five years of postrelease supervision on the robbery conviction and SVa to 7 years on the weapon conviction. On this appeal, he first argues that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. At trial, the victim testified that as he was walking up Cedar Street toward Broadway in the City of Kingston, Ulster County, defendant approached and asked to use his…