People v. Excell

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Orgera, J.), rendered August 5, 1996, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On October 17, 1995, in response to a report of shots fired, uniformed officers arrived at a designated location to find the defendant and two others standing near a house. As the police vehicle drew near, the defendant was seen throwing a large black object into the bushes. Upon a search of this area, one of the officers…