People v. Damaceno
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Vincent Vitale, J.), rendered July 7, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2½ to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.
The stop of the cab in which defendant was a passenger was justified by the police officer’s observation of the cab approaching with its headlights off but parking lights on, which, in combination with his observation of defendant quickly ducking down in the back seat, was reasonably considered to be a distress…
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