People v. Crespo

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard Fried, J.), rendered May 20, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of six years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. Defendant was a passenger in a car that was stopped by the police for driving backwards at a high rate of speed. The record supports the court’s finding that the defendant’s conduct after the car was stopped, consisting of adjusting his…