Opinion
344
February 28, 2002.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered on or about September 6, 2000, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of from 3 to 9 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 2 to 6 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Christopher P. Marinelli for respondent.
William R. Montross, Jr. for defendant-appellant.
Before: Williams, J.P., Lerner, Buckley, Friedman, Marlow, JJ.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.