People v. Saunders

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin R. Weissberg, J.), rendered May 3, 1988, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the second degree and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of from IV2 to AV2 years’ imprisonment, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, after entering the complainant’s taxicab and having been driven to a location on St. Nicholas Avenue, grabbed the complainant in a chokehold and demanded money, whereupon the complainant lost control of the taxicab and crashed into a parked car. Defendant testified at trial that three strangers had…