People v. Hall

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J., at hearing; Efrain Alvarado, J., at trial and sentence), rendered July 15, 1994, convicting defendant, at jury trial and sentence, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to 31/ 2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

When two officers approached a car in order to investigate why its alarm had sounded, they found defendant "ducking” his head underneath the dashboard. Defendant appeared startled when one of the officers shined a flashlight into the car and was very nervous.…