People v. Gardner

53 A.D.2d 781, 384 N.Y.S.2d 554, 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13568

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People v. Gardner, 53 A.D.2d 781, 384 N.Y.S.2d 554, 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13568 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1976).

Opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County, rendered November 3, 1975, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class C felony. Defendant urges that the sentence to an indeterminate term not to exceed five years was harsh and excessive. Considering that defendant could have received a maximum of 15 years and not less than a mandatory three years upon his conviction for a class C felony, the County Court’s imposition of a five-year maximum sentence cannot be said to constitute a clear abuse of its discretion, despite defendant’s prior character and record which was fully presented to the trial court (People v Dittmar, 41 AD2d 788). Judgment affirmed. Sweeney, J. P., Kane, Larkin, Herlihy and Reynolds, JJ., concur.

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People v. Dittmar
41 A.D.2d 788 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1973)

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53 A.D.2d 781, 384 N.Y.S.2d 554, 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13568, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-gardner-nyappdiv-1976.