People v. Bowman

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Antonio Brandveen, J.), rendered June 23, 1992, convicting defendant after a jury trial of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of SV2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Anti-crime officers had followed defendant for some two hours over the distance of a few blocks, as he looked into and tried to open parked cars and vans. They observed the defendant open one van, enter it, and exit carrying shopping bags, after which defendant was apprehended and arrested. Defendant blurted out "I must have seen you…