Opinion
May 15, 1989
Appeal from the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.).
Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's conviction arises out of his participation in the armed robbery of a restaurant located on the New York State Thruway and his subsequent encounter with a State Trooper during which he threatened the Trooper with a gun. Given the violent nature of these criminal acts, coupled with the defendant's extensive criminal background dating back to 1962, we conclude that the sentence was neither improper nor excessive. Additionally, we find the defendant's argument that the court relied upon improper sentencing considerations to be without merit (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Mollen, P.J., Thompson, Kunzeman and Rubin, JJ., concur.