People v. Gonzalez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered May 16, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him as a predicate felony offender to a term of imprisonment of from 6 years to life, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was arrested on April 24, 1987 for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer, and, by indictment filed on May 22, 1987, on which he was arraigned on May 27, 1987, charged with criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance in the first degree. On July…