People v. Chaplin

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bernard Jackson, J.), rendered March 31, 1988, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentenced him as a second felony offender to an indeterminate term of 2 to 4 years in prison, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was seen adjusting a weapon in the waistband of his trousers by two officers who were on routine patrol. When the officers exited their vehicle and called the defendant over, he fled. The officers arrested the defendant after a chase during which he discarded the weapon and his…