People v. Robert YY

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County, rendered December 8, 1976, which adjudged defendant a youthful offender. At about 3:30 p.m. on the afternoon of July 1, 1976, the defendant, then age 17, was in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, New York, sniffing glue. In his possession was a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun. The complainant, one *921Robert Madaghiele, lived nearby and was taking a shortcut through the cemetery on his way home when he was accosted by the .defendant who, according to the complainant, was pointing the shotgun at him. He was directed to walk toward the defendant…