Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Graham Ogbebor, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-09-19
Citations: 174 Misc. 2d 952
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Graham Ogbebor, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 174
Pages: 952–953

Head Matter:
[668 NYS2d 867]
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Graham Ogbebor, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
September 19, 1997
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Daniel L. Greenberg, New York City (Katheryne M. Martone of counsel), for appellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County (Karen Swiger and Karin R. Vandevenne of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
Judgment of conviction rendered July 17, 1995 affirmed.
Criminal Court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the defendant's proposed plea arrangement based upon an unauthorized sentence (see, People v Bartley, 60 AD2d 283, affd 47 NY2d 965) or in refusing to entertain any further plea offers when, following the close of the People's case, no fewer than three attempts to allocute defendant on a permissible plea agreement had proven unsuccessful (see generally, People v Selikoff, 35 NY2d 227, 235, cert denied 419 US 1122; People v Nixon, 21 NY2d 338, 351; compare, People v Compton, 157 AD2d 903, lv denied 75 NY2d 918).
Defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the trial evidence is unpreserved for review (People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10) and, in any event, without merit. Upon an independent review of the facts, we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence.
McCooe, J. P., Freedman and Davis, JJ, concur.