Court Opinion

ID: 5920910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 04:29:50.999882+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:46:23.236674
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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Roth-wax, J.), rendered on or about April 20, 1988, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 1 to 3 years, to run consecutively to an indeterminate term of from six years to life imposed upon defendant following his plea of guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, unanimously affirmed.
We are unpersuaded that the sentence imposed was unduly harsh or severe. Taking into account, "among other things, the crime charged, the particular circumstances of the individual before the court and the purpose of a penal sanction”, we perceive no abuse of discretion warranting a reduction in sentence. (People v Farrar, 52 NY2d 302, 305.)
Further, defendant was sentenced in accordance with his plea bargain and within statutory guidelines. "Having received the benefit of his bargain, defendant should be bound by its terms.” (People v Felman, 141 AD2d 889, 890, lv denied 72 NY2d 918.)
Finally, the court exercised its discretion appropriately in imposing consecutive sentences. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ross, Carro, Milonas and Rosenberger, JJ.