People v. Garvey

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered November 24, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to a term of 2 years to life, affirmed.

The initial stop of the vehicle in which the defendant was traveling, based upon the absence of a rear license plate, was entirely proper (People v Diaz, 213 AD2d 270, lv denied 85 NY2d 972; see, People v Castro, 129 AD2d 406, affd 70 NY2d 943). The observation, by one of the police officers…