People v. Roots

Mercure, J.P

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered April 5, 2001, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (three counts).

Defendant was charged in an indictment with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in connection with a January 2000 incident in which police observed him fighting with another man in the middle of a public street. When police approached the scene, the other…