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People v. Morgan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 17, 1998
253 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

September 17, 1998

Appeal from the County Court of Columbia County (Czajka, J.).


Convicted after a trial of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, defendant was sentenced to a prison term of 8 1/3 to 25 years and a concurrent sentence of one year, respectively. We reject defendant's contention that imposing the most severe sentence possible for selling a relatively small quantity of cocaine is harsh and excessive ( see, e.g., People v. Charron, 198 A.D.2d 722, 723, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 803). In imposing the sentence, the record demonstrates that County Court appropriately considered evidence tending to establish defendant's involvement in drug trafficking as well as defendant's failure to accept responsibility for his actions and his lack of remorse. Notwithstanding the fact that the sentence imposed was much more severe than that offered to defendant in a proposed pretrial plea agreement, defendant's contention that the sentence imposed was in retaliation for exercising his right to trial is not supported by the record ( see, e.g., People v. Simon, 180 A.D.2d 866, lv denied 80 N.Y.2d 838). Finally, because defendant was convicted after a trial upon legally sufficient evidence, he is precluded from challenging the sufficiency of the evidence before the Grand Jury ( see, People v. Carey, 241 A.D.2d 748, 751, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 1010; People v. Schulze, 224 A.D.2d 729, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 853).

Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Crew III, Yesawich Jr., and Spain, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Morgan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 17, 1998
253 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

People v. Morgan

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT MORGAN…

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

Date published: Sep 17, 1998

Citations

253 A.D.2d 946 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
680 N.Y.S.2d 120

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