People v. Gipson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (McGrath, J.), rendered June 27, 1997, which revoked defendant’s probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and was sentenced to a five-year term of probation. Defendant thereafter was found to have violated the terms of his probation by failing to submit to a required “drug and alcohol evaluation” and, as a result, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to a prison term of 2V3 to 7 years.

Defendant now appeals,…