People v. Fields

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Monserrate, J.), rendered January 17, 1996, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and forgery in the second degree (three counts).

On February 22, 1995, an officer from the City of Binghamton Police Department responded to a report of a gun being fired in an apartment in the City of Binghamton, Broome County. Investigation revealed a bullet hole in the wall of the bathroom, a loaded handgun on the kitchen counter and four individuals in the apartment,…