People v. Velez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J., at hearing; Charles Tejada, J., at trial), rendered January 10, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 3 to 6 years on the first two counts and to 2 to 4 years on the remaining count, unanimously affirmed.

The People met their burden of proving that defendant’s statements were knowingly, intelligently and…