People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Bookson, J., at hearing and trial), rendered May 22, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent indeterminate prison terms of from IVz to 15 years and two terms of from 4 to 8 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

While on his way home from celebrating the recent birth of his first child, off-duty Police Officer Lamontanaro was pulled out of his car by defendant and two others, repeatedly beaten…