People v. Fillion

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County, rendered July 21, 1977, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed five years. While driving alone in his patrol car at approximately 4:00 p.m. on October 28, 1976, Officer Douglas Wingate of the New York State Police encountered *933defendant riding a motorcycle in the vicinity of Irish Road in the Town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County. It appearing…