People v. Javier

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered on August 15, 1988, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of reckless endangerment in the second degree and sentencing defendant to a definite term of imprisonment of two months and a probationary period of two years and 10 months, unanimously affirmed.

On October 23, 1986, defendant, who had been engaged in a long-standing dispute with his upstairs neighbor over excessive noise, fired a gun at close range at a visitor to the upstairs apartment, when they met in the stairway. Although the gun was not recovered, the…