People v. Harris

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rose L. Rubin, J.), rendered March 27, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and sentencing him as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court found that during a routine tour of duty in the early morning hours, uniformed officers in a patrol car observed defendant counting money in a crowd gathered at an intersection known for a high level of drug activity. The crowd suddenly dispersed and defendant alone walked down a…