People v. Luke

Defendant was convicted, after a bench trial, of third-degree criminal trespass upon evidence, largely undisputed: that police officers conducting a “vertical sweep” of a drug prone building in a public housing development known as the Taft Houses observed defendant enter the building at about 6:50 p.m. on a December evening, proceed through the lobby to an elevator and, within a 10-minute period, appear in three different hallways on the building’s upper floors; that “No Trespassing” signs were displayed near the building’s entranceways and that the entrance doors generally were locked; and…