People v. Right

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Altman, J.), rendered October 12, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree and one count of criminal posses*431sion of stolen property in the fourth degree, for which he was sentenced as a second felony offender to concurrent terms of from 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and another perpetrator were observed by undercover officers, who were assigned to a pickpocket detail, approaching the victim in Penn Station. The perpetrators were further observed signalling back and forth…