People v. Straker

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered March 15, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2xh to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning credibility. The credible evidence clearly established that defendant, after shoplifting merchandise, twice engaged…