People v. Pile

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered June 28, 1989, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and two others were admittedly riding in a stolen Jeep, which was stopped by the police for a traffic infraction; immediately upon being stopped, defendant and the others fled, but defendant was apprehended a short distance away. The steering column of the Jeep was extensively damaged, as the…