People v. Harrington

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County (Brown, J.), rendered October 21, 1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the first' degree. Sometime after 10:15 p.m. on April 29,1982, a 1977 Datsun auto was taken without the permission of the owner, and shortly thereafter the police observed defendant and one Joseph Barbour in the vehicle proceeding the wrong way on a one-way street. The officers followed in a high-speed chase, culminating when defendant’s vehicle went up on a curb and struck a power pole guidewire.…