THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. KEITH FLETCHER DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2017)

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

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. KEITH FLETCHER, DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.

KA 16–00446

Decided: December 22, 2017

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

FRANK H. HISCOCKLEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (PIOTR BANASIAK OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT–APPELLANT. WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (JAMES P. MAXWELL OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.16[1] ), defendant contends that the sentence is unduly harsh and severe. We reject that contention. Defendant received the benefit of an advantageous plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count in satisfaction of several pending cases and, despite being rearrested prior to sentencing in violation of County Court's warning, he nonetheless received a lesser sentence than the four-year term of incarceration in the original plea agreement.

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court

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