Opinion
October 15, 1998
Appeal from the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.).
Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and was sentenced as a second felony offender to a prison term of 8 1/3 years to life. Defendant contends that the sentence imposed is harsh and excessive. We disagree. Given defendant's prior drug-related conviction as well as the fact that defendant agreed to the sentence as part of the plea bargain, we decline to disturb the sentence imposed ( see, People v. Thompson, 234 A.D.2d 709, 710, lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 1016; People v. Thompson, 233 A.D.2d 615).
Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Mercure, Crew III and Yesawich Jr., JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.