People v. Jiminez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.), rendered May 3, 1990, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him as a predicate felon to concurrent terms of &V2 to 9 years, and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

*368Police officers, in the early morning hours, observed defendant hand a tinfoil packet to another person in exchange for money, near double-parked cars and in the presence of onlookers. As police approached, defendant…