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People v. Saunders

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 2, 2000
277 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

November 2, 2000.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Rosen, J.), rendered January 4, 1999, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the second degree.

Theresa M. Suozzi, Albany, for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney, Albany, for respondent.

Before: Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Peters, Spain and Lahtinen, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

In full satisfaction of a superior court information, defendant pleaded guilty to robbery in the second degree, waived her right to appeal and was sentenced in accordance with the plea agreement as a second felony offender to a determinate prison term of 10 years. Defendant appeals, contending that the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive and should be reduced in the interest of justice. Having waived her right to appeal as a part of the negotiated plea agreement, however, defendant failed to preserve her challenge to the severity of the sentence imposed (see,People v. Starker, 271 A.D.2d 873; People v. Paulin, 265 A.D.2d 737, lv denied 94 N.Y.2d 905). In any event, were we to consider the argument, we would find that the sentence is not harsh and excessive and that the circumstances alleged by defendant to be mitigating are not so extraordinary to warrant a reduction of the sentence in the interest of justice (see, People v. Vanness, 265 A.D.2d 595, lv denied 94 N.Y.2d 830;People v. Moneyhan, 248 A.D.2d 756, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 1010).

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Saunders

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 2, 2000
277 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Saunders

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LASHEBA SAUNDERS…

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

Date published: Nov 2, 2000

Citations

277 A.D.2d 512 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
716 N.Y.S.2d 624

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