People v. Chappelle

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J.), rendered February 6, 2002, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of attempted burglary in the second degree and possession of burglar’s tools, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Immediately after a resident heard footsteps on the roof of the building in question, the police found the normally-locked roof door partially open, and found…