People v. Diaz

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered June 22, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of from six years to life, affirmed.

On October 11, 1988, at approximately 5:30 p.m., while *416driving east on Featherbed Lane in the Bronx, plainclothed Police Officer Mahones and his partner observed defendant stepping out of the building at 15 Featherbed Lane holding a dark, opaque plastic bag closely against his body. Officer Mahones looked twice at…