People v. Hernandez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Budd G. Goodman, J.

*569The defendant has been indicted in connection with three alleged apartment burglaries. In count two of the indictment he is charged with burglary in the second degree, and accused of entering 210 West 94th Street, apartment 3-E, sometime between December 30, 1999 and January .2, 2000, with intent to commit a crime therein. The only evidence linking the defendant to the crime is the discovery of three latent fingerprints on a television screen in the apartment. The prints were discovered on January 2, 2000 by Police Officer O’Toole of the 24th Precinct,…