Legal Opinion

People v. Buffa

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

Decided April 25, 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mclnerney, J.), imposed September 26, 1984, upon his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, the sentence being an indeterminate term of three years’ to life imprisonment.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim, raised for the first time on appeal, that the mandatory life sentence provided under the sentencing statute is unconstitutional as applied to him is unpreserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05 [2];…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. KazepisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. People v. DonovanNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. People v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. ReeseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. People v. MontesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. People v. SanabriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. People v. Vargas-OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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