Opinion
June 5, 1989
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Santagata, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant's contention that the mandatory sentence for a class A-I felony of a minimum term of 15 to 25 years and a maximum term of life (Penal Law § 70.00) is unconstitutional (see, People v. Donovan, 59 N.Y.2d 834; People v Jones, 39 N.Y.2d 694; People v. Broadie, 37 N.Y.2d 100, cert denied 423 U.S. 950; People v. Buckmaster, 139 A.D.2d 659; People v. Rodriguez, 137 A.D.2d 635; People v. Serviss, 137 A.D.2d 637). Further, this is not one of those "rare case[s]" in which the sentence imposed is unconstitutionally harsh as applied (People v. Broadie, supra, at 119; see, People v. Donovan, supra; People v. Serviss, supra). Rubin, J.P., Sullivan, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.