People v. Espada

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jill Konviser, J.), rendered May 12, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 *452NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant asserts that the evidence failed to establish the element of use or threatened use of a dangerous instrument (see Penal Law § 160.15 [3]). Initially, we find no basis for…