PEOPLE v. BRUDECKI (2006)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

PEOPLE of the State of New York, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Eric BRUDECKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Decided: September 29, 2006

PRESENT: HURLBUTT, J.P., GORSKI, MARTOCHE, SMITH, AND HAYES, JJ.

The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Jessamine I. Jackson of Counsel), for Defendant-Appellant. Frank J. Clark, District Attorney, Buffalo (J. Michael Marion of Counsel), for Plaintiff-Respondent.

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20[1] ). We reject defendant's contention that Supreme Court failed to exercise its discretion at sentencing in imposing a determinate term of imprisonment of 20 years. The record reflects that, in addition to the negotiated sentence of “no less than 20 years,” the court considered the presentence report, the wish of the victim's family for the imposition of the maximum sentence of 25 years, and the fact that defendant's accomplices, both minors, were each sentenced to determinate terms of imprisonment of 10 years. Thus, the record reflects that the court properly exercised its discretion in sentencing defendant “after careful consideration of all facts available” (People v. Farrar, 52 N.Y.2d 302, 305, 437 N.Y.S.2d 961, 419 N.E.2d 864). Also contrary to defendant's contention, the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is affirmed.

MEMORANDUM:

All concur, HAYES, J., not participating.

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