People v. Meckwood

In 2009, defendant was charged by indictment with robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. In full satisfaction of the indictment, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the first degree and was sentenced, as a second violent felony offender, to an agreed-upon prison term of eight years, to be followed by five years of postrelease supervision. Defendant now appeals and we affirm.

Defendant contends that County Court erred by finding that his prior conviction for burglary in Pennsylvania qualified as a predicate felony conviction, resulting…