People v. Villanueva

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia M. Nunez, J.), rendered March 28, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly granted defendant’s motion for specific performance of the plea agreement only to the extent of sentencing defendant in accordance with the fair and reasonable recommendation of leniency made by the People, and properly concluded that defendant had forfeited the even more favorable disposition he might…