Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alexander Baron, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-12-13
Citations: 199 A.D.2d 326
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alexander Baron, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 326–326

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alexander Baron, Appellant.
[606 NYS2d 995]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), imposed November 17, 1992, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 4 to 12 years.
Ordered that the sentence is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment to an indeterminate term of 1 to 3 years; as so modified, the sentence is affirmed.
Contrary to the People's contention, we find that the defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal his sentence was not valid (see, People v DeSimone, 80 NY2d 273, 282-283). Furthermore, under the circumstances of this case, we find that the sentence imposed upon the defendant, a 16-year-old first offender, was excessive to the extent indicated (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Mangano, P. J., Sullivan, Rosenblatt, Eiber and Joy, JJ., concur.