People v. Stewart

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), rendered June 22, 2009, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Following an incident in 2008 in which defendant entered a private residence, assaulted a female victim therein, stole items from her — allegedly at gunpoint — and then fled to a hotel room, defendant was charged by indictment with robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. A jury trial scheduled to begin on March 31, 2009 was adjourned until…