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People v. Cortez

291 A.D.2d 348 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 2002-02-28 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Moses Cortez, Appellant.
[737 NYS2d 859]

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered on or about September 6, 2000, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of from 3 to 9 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 2 to 6 years, and otherwise affirmed.

We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated. Concur — Williams, J.P., Lerner, Buckley, Friedman and Marlow, JJ.