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People v. Green

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 19, 1989
151 A.D.2d 693 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

June 19, 1989

Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

As the defendant received the sentence which had been promised, he should not now be heard to complain that it is excessive (see, People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816).

In any event, we find that the sentence is not unduly harsh or excessive. The defendant received the maximum permissible sentence for a conviction of the class C violent felony of burglary in the second degree, as a second felony offender. However, his plea agreement resulted in that sentence being served concurrently with a sentence of an indeterminate term of 15 years to life to be imposed on an unrelated conviction in which the defendant was adjudicated a persistent felony offender. By virtue of the plea to the instant offense, the court found mitigating circumstances so as to allow the defendant to avoid an otherwise mandatory consecutive sentence (see, Penal Law § 70.25 [2-b]).

We find that the defendant has not set forth any factors which would warrant interfering with the sentencing court's proper exercise of discretion (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). This is not one of those "rare cases" envisioned by People v. Broadie ( 37 N.Y.2d 100, cert denied 423 U.S. 950), where, on its particular facts, the sentencing statute has been unconstitutionally applied. Thompson, J.P., Kunzeman, Eiber, Spatt and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Green

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 19, 1989
151 A.D.2d 693 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

People v. Green

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WAYNE GREEN, Appellant

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

Date published: Jun 19, 1989

Citations

151 A.D.2d 693 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
542 N.Y.S.2d 748

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