People v. Black

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Paño Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered April 9, 1998, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s voluntary participation in a drug program pending sentencing did not amount to illegal interim probation (cf., People v Rodney E., 77 NY2d 672). The sentencing court properly considered the defendant’s activities after his conviction and before the imposition of the sentence, which…