People v. Coates

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Leon Becker, J.), rendered on October 5, 1988, convicting defendant, after a trial by jury, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and sentencing her, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

On April 28, 1988, defendant and a codefendant stole a wallet. They were observed doing this by police officers who were members of a pickpocket squad. Before trial, a Sandoval hearing was held. The court limited inquiry to the fact of six convictions and the underlying charges as to three of…