Opinion
2017–11047 2017–11054 S.C.I. No. 229/17; Ind. No. 80/17
11-25-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jason BREWSTER, appellant.
Steven A. Feldman, Uniondale, NY, for appellant. William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Bridget Rahilly Steller of counsel), for respondent on Ind. No. 80/17. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Nikki Kowalski and Andrew W. Amend of counsel), for respondent on S.C.I. No. 229/17.
Steven A. Feldman, Uniondale, NY, for appellant.
William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Bridget Rahilly Steller of counsel), for respondent on Ind. No. 80/17.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Nikki Kowalski and Andrew W. Amend of counsel), for respondent on S.C.I. No. 229/17.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, BETSY BARROS, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Dutchess County (Peter M. Forman, J.), both rendered September 6, 2017, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree under Superior Court Information No. 229–2017 and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree under Indictment No. 80–2017, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.
ORDERED that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the sentences imposed violated the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 5 of the New York Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v. Pena , 28 N.Y.3d 727, 730, 49 N.Y.S.3d 342, 71 N.E.3d 930 ; People v. Rolling , 186 A.D.3d 1264, 1265, 127 N.Y.S.3d 874 ; People v. Cerasaro , 179 A.D.3d 832, 113 N.Y.S.3d 884 ) and, in any event, without merit (see People v. Parsley , 150 A.D.3d 894, 896, 55 N.Y.S.3d 267 ). The sentences imposed were not excessive (see People v. Suitte , 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675 ).
RIVERA, J.P., MALTESE, BARROS, BRATHWAITE NELSON and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.