People v. Thomas

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Adlerberg, J.), rendered June 7, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him *554to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 3V% to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

On July 30, 1988, defendant was arrested while in possession of a weapon after a civilian informant, Dominick Quiano, told police that defendant had robbed him at gunpoint. After his arrest, and after having received Miranda warnings, defendant spontaneously told a police officer that "everybody who knows…