Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kenneth Stepter, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-11-12
Citations: 67 A.D.3d 497
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kenneth Stepter, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 497–498

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kenneth Stepter, Appellant.
[887 NYS2d 844]

Opinion:
Judgement, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered February 7, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, -of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to concurrent terms of eight years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's challenge to his sentence is of a type that requires preservation (see People v Samms, 95 NY2d 52, 53-57 [2000]), and we decline to review this unpreserved claim in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find that defendant's out of state conviction qualified as a predicate felony conviction.
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur— Gonzalez, EJ., Andrias, Saxe, Renwick and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.