Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfred Ford, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-10-26
Citations: 265 A.D.2d 248
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfred Ford, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 248–248

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfred Ford, Appellant.
[696 NYS2d 819]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered December 12, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's claim that his sentence to the minimum term authorized by law was unconstitutional is unpreserved, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review it, we would find that the sentence, imposed after defendant failed to complete a residential drug treatment program pursuant to his plea agreement, does not rise to the "gross disproportionality violative of constitutional limitations" (People v Broadie, 37 NY2d 100, 111). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Tom, Rubin, Saxe and Buckley, JJ.