People v. Shambo

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango County (Dowd, J.), rendered October 12, 1993, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Defendant, a resident of Jefferson County, was involved in a three-vehicle auto accident while operating his 1984 Mitsubishi pickup truck on a public street in Chenango County shortly after 3:00 p.m. on October 9, 1992. Defendant produced a California driver’s license to investigating police officers and, upon a check of his New York motor vehicle record, it was *1162reveale…