Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Hafner, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-12-16
Citations: 199 A.D.2d 703
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Hafner, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Hafner, Appellant.
[605 NYS2d 487]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.), rendered October 19, 1992, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.
We reject defendant's contention that his negotiated sentence of 1½ to 4½ years' imprisonment for sexually abusing a child is unduly excessive. Defendant was not given the harshest allowable sentence for his crime and the fact that he may have tested positive for the HIV virus is not a sufficient reason, standing alone, for us to disturb his sentence.
Mikoll, J. P., Yesawich Jr., Crew III, White and Mahoney, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.