People v. Gatto

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John P. Collins, J.), rendered April 20, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of reckless endangerment in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 2Vs to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, shows that defendant, who was driving erratically on the Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx County, was stopped by a police officer in his private car, then suddenly started his vehicle, throwing the officer across the divider into oncoming traffic and then…