People v. Perez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Diaz, J.), rendered January 10, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 2 Vi to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly admitted testimony by a civilian witness that shortly prior to defendant’s arrest, he had observed defendant lean out of his car window and fire two shots into the air. This evidence was properly received for the purpose of completing the narrative and enhancing the jury’s understanding of…