People v. Etkin

—Peters, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, of Schenectady County (Eidens, J.), rendered January 24, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of bribing a witness.

In April 1998, defendant was indicted on a single count of bribing a witness, a class D felony. He subsequently entered a plea of guilty to the indictment pursuant to a plea bargain which included a five-year sentence, with a maximum possible jail time of six months and the remainder of the five years on *600probation. As part of the plea bargain, defendant, who was represented by counsel, knowingly and…