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People v. Bennett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Aug 7, 2003
307 A.D.2d 810 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Opinion

833

August 7, 2003.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered January 24, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of enterprise corruption, and sentencing him to a term of 2½ to 7½ years, unanimously affirmed.

Christopher P. Marinelli, for respondent.

Paula Schwartz Frome, for defendant-appellant.

Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Friedman, Marlow, Gonzalez, JJ.


Defendant's claim that the People violated the terms of his cooperation agreement and guilty plea is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find no such violation. The People fully complied with their promise to inform the sentencing court of defendant's cooperation, and they never agreed to refrain from making any other comments bearing on defendant's sentence. Furthermore, nothing in the People's remarks could be viewed as urging the sentencing court to disregard or discount defendant's cooperation.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Bennett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Aug 7, 2003
307 A.D.2d 810 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
Case details for

People v. Bennett

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHARLES BENNETT…

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

Date published: Aug 7, 2003

Citations

307 A.D.2d 810 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
762 N.Y.S.2d 805

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