People v. McGourty

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County (Scarano, J.), rendered March 12, 2007, 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 four-count indictment, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in exchange for a prison sentence of six years and an unspecified period of postrelease supervision and waived his right to appeal. As part of the plea agreement, County Court expressly advised defendant that if he, among other…