People v. Walker

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J., at suppression hearing; John A.K. Bradley, J., at Sandoval hearing and trial), rendered October 31, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and jostling, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant and the codefendant were observed by officers in the act of picking the complainant’s pocket. After a short chase, both men were apprehended and the complainant’s property…