Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Adolfo Figueroa, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-07
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 72
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Adolfo Figueroa, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 72–72

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Adolfo Figueroa, Appellant.
[610 NYS2d 25]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered February 11, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the first degree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of IV2 to AV2 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
It was not an abuse of discretion to deny defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 210.40, which, we note, was untimely because not made within 45 days after arraignment (CPL 255.10 [1] [a]; 255.20 [1], [3]). Firing gunshots into a residential street, under circumstances, which, as described by the court during sentencing, "were frightening, perhaps even terrifying", but "had not progressed to a point involving any threat to human safety", is a serious crime that left unpunished would undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system. Concur — Carro, J. P., Wallach, Asch, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.