People v. Smokes

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Clifford Scott, J.), rendered August 20, 1987, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, and robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 25 years to life, 8 Vs to 25 years (two terms), and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction was supported by the weight of the evidence. Three acquaintances of defendant identified him as the assailant who viciously knocked the…