People v. Shepherd

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered April 9, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The suppression court reasonably credited the testimony of the police officer that after observing a livery cab in which defendant was a passenger proceed through a red light, he pulled the car over. Before the officer was able to investigate or speak to the occupants, defendant ran from the…