People v. Long

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Following a second felony offender hearing, defendant was sentenced as a second felony offender predicated upon a prior nolo contendere plea in North Carolina, for solicitation to commit murder. Defendant contends that she was improperly sentenced as a second felony offender because: (1) her nolo contendere plea in North Carolina does not constitute a conviction within the purview of Penal Law § 70.06; (2) her conviction in North Carolina for solicitation to commit murder is not equivalent to a felony in New York; and (3) the prior conviction was…