People v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Harold J. Rothwax, J.

The defendant was charged, in a two-count indictment, with reckless endangerment in the first degree (Penal Law, § 120.25) and with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (Penal Law, § 265.01, subd [1]). He has been convicted by jury verdict of the lesser included offense of reckless endangerment in the second degree (Penal Law, § 120.20) and of the weapon charge. Both convictions are classified as A misdemeanors. The defendant, before this court for sentence, urges that the two offenses are so interrelated as to require any sentence of…