People v. Robertson

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Adlerberg, J.), rendered April 12, 2000, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

This appeal has been held in abeyance pending a predicate felony hearing to determine whether defendant’s prior Maryland conviction was obtained unconstitutionally due to ineffective assistance of counsel, and whether the Maryland conviction constitutes a felony conviction under CPL 400.21…