People v. Walker

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Hemmett, Jr., J.), rendered August 25, 1999, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Defendant possessed a large quantity of cocaine and was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. An agreement was subsequently reached whereby defendant would plead guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony, and receive a sentence of 2 to 4 years in the custody of the…