People v. Dickens

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered December 9, 1992, which convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, affirmed.

Defendant was stopped by two police officers who had observed him changing lanes without signalling and driving his truck without license plates. The officers arrested defendant after he was unable to produce a license, registration, insurance card, or any type of identification. Following the…