People v. Covington

—Carpinello, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered October 15, 1999, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of burglary in the third degree.

On the afternoon of June 22, 1998, the police were summoned to a single-family home located at 14 Cook Street in the Village of Johnson City, Broome County, after a woman in the neighborhood observed defendant peering in the windows of the house, having made no effort to knock on the door or ring the bell. She also watched defendant go to the back of the house, heard a loud noise and then saw him…