Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melissa DeFort, Also Known as Melissa DeFort, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-12-18
Citations: 46 A.D.3d 360
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melissa DeFort, Also Known as Melissa DeFort, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 360–360

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melissa DeFort, Also Known as Melissa DeFort, Appellant.
[846 NYS2d 909]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J), rendered June 14, 2006, convicting defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing her to concurrent terms of 3 to 9 years and 21/s to 7 years, respectively, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentences to concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentences excessive to the extent indicated. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Marlow, Catterson and Malone, JJ.