People v. Washington

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered June 22, 1995, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

While driving a van which had no license plates and a yellow piece of paper or cardboard marked “in-transit” affixed to the left rear window, the defendant was directed by a police officer to pull over. At the pretrial hearing, the defendant did not argue, as he does now, that the police officer…