People v. Scott

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (April A. New-bauer, J.), rendered February 28, 2013, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and resisting arrest, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of nine years, unanimously affirmed.

The court did not err by instructing the jury that the lawful ness of the police stop of defendant was not a question for the jury to decide (see e.g. People v Murphy, 284 AD2d 120 [1st Dept 2001], lv denied 97 NY2d 685 [2001]). The court’s brief and neutral instruction, which was more limited than the version…