People v. Sousa

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), rendered August 1, 2003 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree.

At about 3:00 a.m. on June 20, 2002, a police officer in the Town of Colonie, Albany County, spotted a 2002 Ford Explorer that had been reported as stolen two weeks earlier. When the officer activated the lights and siren on the police car, the Explorer accelerated and a high-speed chase ensued throughout the region, eventually ending when the driver abandoned the Explorer in the City…