Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank A. Nelson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-03-12
Citations: 191 A.D.2d 1038
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frank A. Nelson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 1038–1038

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frank A. Nelson, Appellant.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[595 NYS2d 270]

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We conclude that, on the record before us, defendant's waiver of the right to appeal did not include a waiver of the right to appeal from his sentence. There is no merit, however, to defendant's contention that his sentence is harsh or excessive. The fact that defendant sold a controlled substance to an undercover officer during the pendency of other criminal charges provided ample justification for the sentencing court's direction that the term imposed for that crime run consecutively to the terms imposed on the other charges. (Appeal from Judgment of Erie County Court, McCarthy, J. — Criminal Sale Controlled Substance, 3rd Degree.) Present — Denman, P. J., Green, Balio, Fallon and Boehm, JJ.