Legal Opinion

People v. Garcia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 19, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), rendered February 1, 1988, upon his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being six years’ to life imprisonment.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant’s argument that the sentence imposed on him was so harsh as to violate constitutional limitations (US Const 8th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 5; see generally, People v Broadie, 37 NY2d 100, cert denied 423 US 950) has not been preserved for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. MateoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. People v. MatosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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