People v. Horne
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J.), rendered October 14, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of three years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was properly sentenced as a second felony offender. In determining that defendant’s West Virginia conviction for delivery of a controlled substance was analogous to a New York felony conviction, the court properly consulted the accusatory instrument since the statute (W Va Code § 60A-4-401 [a] [i]) criminalizes…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
3Cited by1 opinion
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