People v. Clanton

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Zittell, J.), rendered September 4, 1992, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession *811of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

On March 11, 1992, from inside a store located in the City of Hudson, Columbia County, John Thomas, a police officer from Hudson, observed defendant displaying what appeared to be a handgun to a group of people on a street corner. Thomas left the store and proceeded toward the scene in his patrol car…