People v. Austin

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J.), rendered on March 16, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees and sentencing him as a second felony offender to concurrent terms of imprisonment of from 6 to 12 years and 3ti to 7 years, is unanimously affirmed.

On June 28, 1986, defendant struck the complainant in the head with a gun, causing her to fall to the ground unconscious, after which he kicked and stomped her. During jury deliberations, the court received a jury note stating that all the…