People v. Washington

— Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Arlene Silverman, J.), rendered on September 25, 1990, convicting defendant, after a plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in violation of Penal Law § 265.02 (4) and sentencing him to five years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

This is an appeal by the People who contend that the sentence imposed for gun possession was invalid as a matter of law because there were no mitigating circumstances which would have rendered a prison sentence unduly harsh. (Penal Law § 70.02 [2].) Defendant pleaded guilty to charges…