People v. Ford

—Appeal by the defendant from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Demakos, J.), rendered April 23, 1998, convicting him of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and tampering with physical evidence, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) an amended sentence of the same court, imposed February 9, 1999, modifying the sentences imposed for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. The appeal from the…