Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Basilio Zapata, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-03-13
Citations: 281 A.D.2d 233
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Basilio Zapata, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 233–233

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Basilio Zapata, Appellant.
[721 NYS2d 769]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Perone, J., at plea; Michael Grossman, J., at sentence), rendered June 4, 1998, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and sentencing him to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to 4V2 to 9 years, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.