Opinion
December 10, 1998
Appeal from the judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.).
Defendant entered a knowing, voluntary and intelligent plea of guilty of the crime of arson in the second degree in satisfaction of a four-count indictment and was sentenced in accordance with the plea agreement to a prison term of 3 to 6 years. The charges stemmed from an incident wherein defendant, angered by an argument with his mother earlier that evening, set fire to his family's home while his family was asleep inside. Because defendant received the most lenient sentence permitted by statute, it cannot be said that the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive ( see generally, People v. Hughes, 212 A.D.2d 910).
MIKOLL, J. P., CREW III, YESAWICH JR., PETERS and SPAIN, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.