People v. Glover

186 A.D.2d 93, 588 N.Y.S.2d 765, 1992 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10921

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert G. Seewald, J.), rendered February 5, 1990, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him in absentia, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was promised a sentence of IVz to 4Vi years contingent upon three conditions, one of which was that he appear for the sentencing on a date certain, and informed that if the conditions were not satisfied, he would receive a longer sentence. Defendant absconded and was given an enhanced sentence of 5 to 15 years in absentia.

In view of the nature of the crimes involved, and especially the fact that one of the indictments to which defendant pleaded was for a crime committed while on bail, we reject defendant’s contention that the enhanced sentence is excessive (cf., People v Acosta, 180 AD2d 505, 510, lv denied 80 NY2d 827; People v Feliciano, 135 AD2d 364). Concur—Carro, J. P., Kupferman, Ross and Asch, JJ.