People v. Maye

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, convicting defendant, after trial, before a jury, of robbery in the first degree and assault in the third degree and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 5 to 15 years and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed. Joseph Mitchell, the victim of a robbery and assault, during which he was brutally stabbed, *783identified defendant as his attacker at a time when he was not expected to live. The People’s proof of the acts charged was overwhelming, and, indeed its sufficiency is not now in dispute. Upon appeal, the sole issue presented is whether the…