People v. Evans

Judgment of the Supreme Court, *427New York County (Norman Ryp, J.), rendered on July 29, 1983, which, following a jury trial, convicted defendant of robbery in the second degree and sentenced him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 1½ to 4½ years, is unanimously affirmed.

There is no merit to defendant’s claim that the proof at trial was insufficient and that the verdict is, therefore, unsupported by the weight of the evidence. The victim’s account, by itself, establishes all of the elements of the crime of robbery in the second degree. The testimony of the complainant, a taxi…