People v. Granvy

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J., at suppression hearing; Ira Beal, J., at trial), rendered March 13, 1990, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree and assault in the third degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of from 4 to 12 years and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was apprehended after robbing a victim in a subway station. During the ensuing struggle, defendant held a sharp, shiny object to the victim’s throat, causing a four-inch cut from the ear to under the mouth. Defendant took cash from the…