People v. Barrientos

*550Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J.), rendered April 4, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of 18 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s suppression motion. The evidence establishes that defendant was sitting behind the wheel of an illegally parked car, and there was no indication that he was lawfully loading or unloading passengers or property. Defendant concedes that the police had the…