People v. Shaw

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered May 27, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Uniformed officers in an unmarked car were cut off by a livery cab which came to a sudden stop only a few feet in front of them. Defendant, whom the officers previously had seen in the back passenger seat looking over his shoulder at them, bolted out of a rear door as soon as the cab stopped,…