People v. Spencer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan C. Sudolnick, J.), rendered June 1, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felon, to 6 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

At approximately 10:30 p.m., on Wednesday, August 31, 1988, while on foot patrol on the corner of 41st Street and Fifth Avenue, two police officers received a "radio run” of a robbery in progress on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 42nd Streets. The transmission described the robbers as two black males. It indicated…