People v. Butterfield

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County (Brown, J.), rendered April 27, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of reckless endangerment in the first degree.

The conviction of defendant stemmed from an incident which occurred at about 10:00 p.m. on January 1,1983 in front of a two-family, one-level dwelling, occupied on one side by defendant and his wife and in an adjoining apartment in the rear by the *959complainant, Katherine August, and her boyfriend, Hugh Bruce.

August testified that upon arriving home on the evening in question, she observed the…