People v. Hazel

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Carey, J.), rendered April 21, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 2 Vi to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s observed furtive actions, including a dash into a nearby building, apparently triggered by the 3:30 a.m. approach of a marked patrol car in a residential area defendant himself described as experiencing a high robbery rate, provided an objective, credible reason for the officers to…