Opinion
June 10, 1997
Appeal from the Family Court, New York County (Richard Ross, J.).
The factual findings were based on legally sufficient evidence. Appellant's intent to obtain the complainant's property by force was proven by testimony that after the complainant indicated that he did not have the cigarette that appellant had requested, appellant's cohorts surrounded the complainant, whereupon appellant began to strike him with a tree limb and was joined in the attack by his accomplices and that during this attack, which had no apparent motive other than robbery, the assailants attempted to grab at the complainant's ring, watch and pocket ( Matter of Juan J., 81 N.Y.2d 739; Matter of Simone J, 216 A.D.2d 252).
Appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Milonas, Rosenberger, Wallach and Andrias, JJ.