People v. Ortiz

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered April 3, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 4 to 12 years, 2 Vi to 7 Vi years, and 1 to 3 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, along with his co-perpetrator, was apprehended moments after the two had brutally beat the victim on the head with a metal pipe and stole money and personal items. The victim, approaching the perpetrators on his own, made an immediate and…