People v. Sepulveda

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Rose Rubin, J.), rendered May 28, 1986, convicting the defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term of from 8 Vs to 25 years, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of reducing the sentence to a term of 5 to 15 years, and except as so modified, affirmed.

The record indicates that in exchange for his plea the defendant was promised a prison sentence of from 2 to 6 years. It was, however, part of the bargain that the defendant would surrender promptly at the appointed…