People v. Queen

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered December 17,1980, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of robbery in the third degree. On October 29, .1980, defendant, while on parole from a 1974 conviction for bank robbery and using a .32 caliber pistol, held up a motel clerk, stealing $150. He was apprehended, waived indictment, and pleaded guilty to a prosecutor’s information charging one count of robbery in the third degree. The court imposed a sentence of three and one-half to seven years, the maximum for a second felony offender.…