People v. Velazquez

from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Nichols, J.), rendered October 9, 2007, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

The facts of this case are fully set forth in our prior decision in which we granted the application of then appellate counsel to be relieved of his assignment and appointed new counsel to represent defendant on this appeal (60 AD3d 1150 [2009]). We must now address whether the sentence imposed by…