Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Wade, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-05-29
Citations: 51 A.D.3d 601
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edward Wade, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edward Wade, Appellant.
[857 NYS2d 492]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (A. Kirke Bartley, J, at plea; Laura Ward, J, at sentence), rendered June 5, 2006, convicting defendant of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to concurrent terms of 4 1/2 years and 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
In light of defendant's background, which included absconding from a drug program, the sentencing court properly exercised its discretion when it denied defendant's request to enter a comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse treatment program (see Penal Law § 60.04 [6]). We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur—Friedman, J.P., Williams, Catterson and Acosta, JJ.