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People v. Wheeler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 12, 2008
52 A.D.3d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 100469.

June 12, 2008.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Otsego County (Coccoma, J.), rendered June 26, 2006, which revoked defendant's probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.

Mark J. Gaylord, Schenectady, for appellant.

John M. Muehl, District Attorney, Cooperstown (John F. Lambert of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Spain, J.P., Carpinello, Rose, Kavanagh and Stein, JJ.


While serving a five-year term of probation for his conviction of driving while intoxicated, defendant — following an evidentiary hearing — was found guilty of violating the conditions of his probation by getting arrested for driving while intoxicated. Consequently, County Court revoked defendant's probation and resentenced him to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison. Defendant now appeals, contending that his resentence is harsh and excessive. We disagree and affirm. Having reviewed the record, we cannot conclude that County Court abused its discretion in imposing the maximum term of imprisonment, nor do we find any extraordinary circumstances warranting a reduction of the resentence in the interest of justice ( see People v Mazzara, 49 AD3d 918).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Wheeler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 12, 2008
52 A.D.3d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Wheeler

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW E. WHEELER…

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

Date published: Jun 12, 2008

Citations

52 A.D.3d 948 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 5393
858 N.Y.S.2d 614

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