one year by Puisne Justice Norma Wade-Miller last week.

Tyari Harvey -- who was homeless until his arrest -- smiled at Mrs. Justice Wade-Miller after she handed down her sentence.

In October Magistrate Edward King remitted Harvey's case to the Supreme Court, saying his previous convictions warranted more than the one year maximum that he could give.

Mrs. Justice Wade-Miller said: "You have a very long list of previous offences and as the years have gone along, your criminal conduct has escalated.

"Hopefully your type of problem will get some correction with new things coming along soon,'' she continued, hinting at the impending Alternatives to Incarceration and the Drug Court programmes.

Mrs. Wade-Miller added: "Twelve months consecutive to the six month suspended sentence. Mr. Harvey, I see you're smiling.

"I urge you to seek whatever help you can get in prison to get a grip on your life. If you continue along this route, and if there is a next time, you're going to be in prison for a very long time.'' Harvey opted for a trial in the lower court and then pleaded guilty before Mr.

King.

After hearing a summary of what happened, Mr. King said: "My maximum is 12 months and you've got a suspended six month sentence hanging over you. You need more than six months to sort you out.'' Harvey and another man began talking with Polish cruise ship worker Pawel Losiewski to find strippers on September 27.

They took him to the Leopards Club and once there Harvey disappeared, only to return saying he needed money.

He snatched the man's wallet, containing $350 and ran off. The other man kicked Mr. Losiewski. Harvey told Police he had been asked to find drugs.

Harvey had nothing to say, but his lawyer Richard Horseman said he was a "sad case of the revolving door'' of recidivism in local prisons.

"While we do concede that Mr. Harvey has a poor record this is his first time before the Supreme Court,'' Mr. Horseman said. "He's on the way to becoming one of the classic revolving door cases.

"The difficulty is that when he gets out of prison, he can't find employment.

Once they get wind of his previous convictions they won't hire him.'' Mr. Horseman concluded: "He's told me that he does want to change and I can tell the court that he wants to apologise.

"I've even advised him to take every advantage of the opportunities from the new programmes that will be coming down the line. I would suggest a sentence in the range of 12 months would be appropriate.''