People v. Sarafian

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Traficanti Jr., J.), rendered March 5, 1990, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of conspiracy in the second degree.

Defendant, then 82 years old, conspired to murder his then 33-year-old ex-wife and her husband. Defendant was convicted upon his guilty plea to second degree conspiracy and sentenced to a prison term of 3 to 9 years. Defendant now seeks on appeal to have his sentence reduced on the grounds that (1) the sentencing Judge was prejudiced by unsolicited correspondence from the victims’ attorney, (2)…