People v. Jenkins

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jay Gold, J.), rendered November 29, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny and sentencing defendant, as a predicate felony offender, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years and six months, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was allegedly observed by a police officer breaking into a commercial van and removing property from inside. Defendant testified that he had been shooting up heroin in a nearby dumpster, where he found the stolen property, and denied breaking into or…