People v. Washington

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Shapiro, J.), rendered August 7, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to an indeterminate prison term of from 1 Vi to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

Police officers, patrolling the vicinity of Fteley Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx at approximately 5:45 p.m. on August 11, 1988, observed defendant sitting in the passenger seat of a black 1985 Oldsmobile, leaning towards the driver side. As the officers…