Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Rosario, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-10-31
Citations: 22 A.D.3d 871
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Rosario, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 871–872

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Rosario, Appellant.
[802 NYS2d 634]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered March 22, 2004, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence, and imposing an additional sentence for the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed for the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the sentence imposed was unconstitutional as applied under the cruel and unusual punishment clause is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Gomez, 277 AD2d 250 [2000]; People v Bolton, 239 AD2d 511, 511-512 [1997]; People v Mateo, 144 AD2d 388 [1988]). In any event, his contention is without merit (see People v Thompson, 83 NY2d 477 [1994]; People v Broadie, 37 NY2d 100 [1975], cert denied 423 US 950 [1975]).
As the People correctly concede, the sentencing court erred in imposing an additional sentence for the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, since the defendant did not plead guilty to that offense (see People v Brown, 244 AD2d 348 [1997]). Cozier, J.P., Santucci, Luciano, Fisher and Covello, JJ, concur.