People v. Williams

Judgment of Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly S. Cohen, J., at suppression hearing; Shirley R. Levittan, J., at plea and sentence), rendered February 9, 1988, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to a term of 2 to 4 years in prison, unanimously affirmed.

After noticing defendant and his companion in a parked van, leaning forward and trying to crouch down in order not to be seen, police officers approached the van. Upon seeing the defendant’s companion, who was in the passenger seat, in possession…