Opinion
June 19, 1989
Appeal from the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's position, the sentence imposed, which was the minimum permissible sentence under the circumstances, did not constitute an improvident exercise of the sentencing court's discretion (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80) and did not violate the defendant's constitutional protections against cruel and inhuman punishment (NY Const, art I, § 5; US Const 8th Amend). In any event, the defendant has no cause to complain since the sentence was the product of a negotiated plea (see, People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816). Mollen, P.J., Bracken, Rubin, Sullivan and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.