People v. Roach

Peters, EJ.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Rogers, J.), rendered April 14, 2011, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of menacing a police officer (two counts) and resisting arrest.

Defendant was charged in a five-count indictment arising out of a confrontation with two state troopers during which he carried and repeatedly refused to relinquish a shotgun. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of resisting arrest and two counts of menacing a police officer. County Court sentenced him to an aggregate term of three years in prison followed by…