People v. Clements

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Drago, J.), rendered March 4, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a reduced charge under count one of a six-count indictment. He waived his right to appeal during the plea colloquy and was thereafter sentenced in accordance with the negotiated plea agreement, as a second felony offender, to three years in prison followed by two…