Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Vasquez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-06
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 35
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Vasquez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 35–35

Head Matter:
(October 6, 1998)
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Vasquez, Appellant.
[680 NYS2d 198]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Allen Alpert, J.), rendered July 11, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of attempted assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 2V3 and 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly exercised its discretion in withdrawing the sentence promise it made at the time of defendant's original plea. The court "sufficiently demonstrated in the record that proper sentencing criteria counseled imposition of a different sanction than that agreed to originally" (People v Schultz, 73 NY2d 757, 758). Under such circumstances, defendant was entitled only to vacatur of the plea and restoration to his prepleading position, which was done in this case. Concur — Lerner, P. J., Milonas, Wallach and Rubin, JJ.