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People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 5, 2001
282 A.D.2d 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

April 5, 2001.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Eidens, J.), rendered December 14, 1999, which revoked defendant's probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.

Steve Court, Schenectady, for appellant.

Robert M. Carney, District Attorney (Rachael Barrantes, Law Intern), Schenectady, for respondent.

Before: Cardona, P.J., Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Lahtinen, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Defendant was placed on five years' probation following his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Thereafter, a violation of probation petition was filed alleging that petitioner had failed to abide by various terms of his probation and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Following his arrest on an unrelated charge, defendant admitted to violating the terms of his probation. County Court revoked defendant's probation and sentenced him to an indeterminate prison term of 4 1/2 to 13 1/2 years.

Defendant contends that the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive given the nonviolent nature of the offense and his negligible criminal history. Upon our review of the record, we find no extraordinary circumstances to warrant a reduction in the interest of justice of the sentence imposed (see, People v. Dolphy, 257 A.D.2d 681, 685, lv denied 93 N.Y.2d 872; People v. Jiminez, 238 A.D.2d 626, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 894). Accordingly, the sentence, which was within the statutory parameters, will not be disturbed.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Cruz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 5, 2001
282 A.D.2d 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Cruz

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTIAN DELA CRUZ…

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

Date published: Apr 5, 2001

Citations

282 A.D.2d 775 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
722 N.Y.S.2d 438

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