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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 20, 1989
152 A.D.2d 861 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

July 20, 1989

Appeal from the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.).


Pursuant to a negotiated plea bargain, defendant entered an Alford plea of guilty to burglary in the second degree in full satisfaction of a two-count indictment (see, North Carolina v Alford, 400 U.S. 25). In accord with the plea agreement, he was sentenced as a second violent felony offender to an indeterminate term of 4 to 8 years' imprisonment. On this appeal, defendant maintains that County Court's failure to expressly determine that he qualified for sentencing as a second violent felony offender vitiates the sentence (see, Penal Law § 70.04).

The contention is entirely unpersuasive. The record confirms that defendant freely admitted the predicate assault conviction during the sentencing proceedings, with the advice of counsel. Moreover, the plea bargain assumed defendant's status as a second violent felony offender. Unquestionably, there was substantial compliance with the statutory requirements (see, Penal Law § 70.04; CPL 400.15; People v Carmello, 114 A.D.2d 965). Since defendant received the minimum term authorized by statute (see, Penal Law § 70.02 [b]; § 70.04 [3] [b]; [4]), we readily dismiss his excessive sentence claim.

Judgment affirmed. Kane, J.P., Casey, Weiss, Levine and Mercure, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 20, 1989
152 A.D.2d 861 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER E…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jul 20, 1989

Citations

152 A.D.2d 861 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
544 N.Y.S.2d 71

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