The People v. Adam Crowder

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

On December 22, 2010, defendant was indicted in County Court on charges of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]) and criminal mischief in the third degree (Penal Law § 145.05 [2]). On April 18, 2011, before a combined evidentiary hearing, County Court set forth a proposed plea bargain on the record. Defendant was informed that the minimum the People could offer was “a D violent felony and the minimum on that is two years in state [ ] prison with one and a half to three years of post-release…