People v. Hall

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Turner, Jr., J.), rendered May 22, 1987, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of burglary in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and petit larceny.

In the early morning hours of November 4, 1986, Police Officer Frederick Mausert received a radio call dispatching him to investigate some unusual noises emanating from the vicinity of Otis’ Bar in the City of Albany. Walking around to the back of the building Mausert noticed that the grating had been pried open from a back window. The…