People v. Collins

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Solomon, J.), rendered July 21, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted burglary in the second degree and possession of burglar’s tools, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 18 years to life and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The evidence established that defendant came “dangerously close” to burglarizing an apartment and was in possession of burglar’s tools…