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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

First Department,
    February, 1992
    (February 4, 1992)
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Richard Mendez, Appellant.
   Judgment, Supreme Court, Appellant. Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered on September 13, 1989, convicting defendant, upon a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and sentencing defendant to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of from 6 Vi to 19 Vi years and from 4 to 12 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

We are unpersuaded that the sentence imposed was unduly harsh or severe. Taking into account, "among other things, the crime charged, the particular circumstances of the individual before the court and the purpose of a penal sanction”, we perceive no abuse of discretion warranting a reduction in sentence. (People v Farrar, 52 NY2d 302, 305.)

Further, defendant was sentenced in accordance with his plea bargain and within statutory guidelines. "Having received the benefit of his bargain, defendant should be bound by its terms.” (People v Felman, 141 AD2d 889, 890, lv denied 72 NY2d 918.) Concur—Murphy, P. J., Carro, Milonas and Kassal, JJ.