People v. Rivera

223 A.D.2d 454, 636 N.Y.S.2d 1008, 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 472

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.), rendered April 20, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, 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 hypodermic instrument, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to prison terms of 12 to 24 years, 12 to 24 years, and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defense counsel’s application to withdraw from the appeal is denied. We find no abuse of discretion in sentencing. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Rubin, Kupferman and Mazzarelli, JJ.