Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Israel Santos, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-12-21
Citations: 13 A.D.3d 258
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Santos, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 258–259

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Israel Santos, Appellant.
[785 NYS2d 922]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Michael R. Sonberg, J.), rendered March 5, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 21U to 4V2 years, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 2 to 4 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Since the record does not support a finding that defendant violated a plea condition requiring him to be truthful with the Department of Probation (compare People v Hicks, 98 NY2d 185 [2002]), the court improperly imposed an enhanced sentence. We conclude that reduction of defendant's sentence to the originally bargained-for term would be an appropriate remedy under the circumstances. Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Ellerin, Marlow and Sweeny, JJ.