People v. McIntosh

—Mugglin, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), rendered January 16, 1998 in Albany County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

As the result of his plea of guilty to both counts of the indictment, defendant was sentenced as a second felony offender to concurrent prison sentences of 8V2 years to life and 8V2 to 17 years. On this appeal, defendant challenges the propriety of County Court’s refusal to grant his…