People v. Johnson

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Nicholas lacovetta, J.), rendered September 10, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s Sandoval ruling balanced the appropriate factors and was a proper exercise of discretion (see, People v Walker, 83 NY2d 455, 458-459). Defendant’s prior rape conviction was probative of his willingness to place his individual self-interest ahead of the interest of society (see,…