Opinion
5043
January 6, 2005.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered on or about May 2, 2001, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and conspiracy in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 8 years to life and 2 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence on the conviction of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance to a term of six years to life, and otherwise affirmed.
Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Friedman and Gonzalez, JJ.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.