People v. Clark

—Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered July 28, 1998, convicting defendant upon his plea of *552guilty of the crime of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Pursuant to a negotiated plea bargain, defendant pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in satisfaction of two indictments and was sentenced as a second felony offender to a term 4 to 8 years in prison. Defendant now argues that this sentence was harsh and excessive principally due to his troubled…