People v. Seifert

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered April 21, 1989, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of 4 to 8 years imprisonment.

Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reducing the minimum term of the sentence imposed from 4 years to 2% years imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree based on Penal Law 160.15 (3) ("[ujses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument”)…