People v. Williams

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Teresi, J.), rendered March 19, 2009, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

In satisfaction of a two-count indictment, defendant pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Under the terms of the plea agreement, he was to be sentenced as a second felony offender to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of postrelease supervision. He was sentenced accordingly and he now appeals.

Defendant asserts that the…