| People v Moore |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 01336 [192 AD3d 431] |
| March 4, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v James Moore, Appellant. |
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Shaina R. Watrous of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Jennifer Westphal of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Neil E. Ross, J.), rendered January 8, 2019,
convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree and three counts of grand
larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate
term of 3
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]). The evidence supports the inference that defendant intended to use force to accomplish the theft of the victim's wallet, including an effort to forcibly retain the wallet after taking it (see generally People v Gordon, 23 NY3d 643, 650 [2014]). The testimony of the victim and a surveillance video showed that defendant leaned into or pushed the victim causing him to fall, took his wallet, and then shook his cane at the victim and engaged in a shoving match when the victim confronted him about the theft.
We find that the sentence warrants reduction in the interest of justice to the extent indicated. Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kennedy, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.